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Episode #1019: This Is Efficient?
First Broadcast: 4/21/25
On a national level, there might be too many bad things happening to count, but on a local level, one of the big stories in New York City is how incumbent Mayor Eric Adams has decided to run for re-election as an independent, even though he still maintains his party affiliation as Democratic. Could this be because his polling among Democratic voters topped out around 15%? Maybe. Could it be because Andrew Cuomo, the former New York State Governor who is now also running for Mayor of New York City, was polling over 30% among Democrats? Maybe. Could this all lead to what I call a "nightmare scenario" where Eric Adams--who was once a Republican and seems to be overly cozy with Trump--runs on one independent line, Jim Walden--an attorney who looked into running as a Republican--runs on another independent line, Andrew Cuomo--who famously helped Republicans gridlock the New York statehouse when he was Governor--runs as the Democratic nominee, and Curtis Sliwa--who is currently endorsed by the Republican Parties in all five boroughs--runs as the Republican? Yeah, that would not be a good selection for any Democrat, or anyone else on the left side of politics for that matter. Fortunately, things aren't that dire yet, as our ranked-choice primary this year allows us to select up to five people whom we'd rather have as Mayor, and as long as none of them are Cuomo, the Democrats will stand a good chance at nominating someone who isn't just a "Republican Lite" candidate for once. Of course, that still leaves the general election, where Eric Adams has a not-impossible chance of winning even a four-way race, which John Lindsay and Joe Lieberman each proved could be done after they both lost their own respective primaries. So, on the one hand, don't despair, because a lot can happen between now and November; but on the other hand, let's still try to make sure things don't go from bad to worse!
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last updated April 20, 2025
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