Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain, this week became his party’s nominee to lead the nation’s largest city after making a centerpiece of his campaign his rejection of left-leaning activists’ calls to defund the police.
“Because there was such an intensity of a reaction on the left to Trump, many in the political ecosystem mistook that for ideological intensity on the left,” said Jennifer Palmieri, who served as White House communications director for President Barack Obama. “The same ideological shift on the right — Republicans moving with Trump — did not happen on the left and voters are instead being more pragmatic and less ideological.
Biden and his staff have taken pride in ignoring a lot of the dialogue on Twitter, often fueled by the most inflexible partisans from both parties, a sentiment Adams echoed on Wednesday, the day after his victory was announced. But while moderate Democrats have racked up recent victories, some triumphant candidates are not so ideologically clear cut .
88,000 Republicans, Independents and Third Party voters switched affiliation to Democratic Party to pull the mayor’s race to the right, making them a huge voting block. NYCers didn’t ditch the progressive trend to the left just look at the City council members they elected.
Adams won because he isnt willing to give criminals a pass like the others ... which should surprise absolutely no one.
lmao you could draw any conclusion from a margin of error level victory but okay
They voted for a ex republican who is funded by corporate interest. Good job /s
Good. Last thing this city needs is a progressive
Absolute ridiculous
What is this “seems to be” crap? Either report the facts or don’t.