American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
You bring up Zohran Mamdani. You do realize he won by first running in the democratic primary, instead of running third party? That they did do their worst to stop him, and he still succeeded rather decisively? You do realize, that if Mamdani had run third party instead, New York would have a republican Mayor now?
And whatever advantage is gained by not having a D next to your name (Mamdani certainly won despite having a D next to his name) would be lost by having to compete with both the Democrats and the Republicans.
A third party is not viable compared to coopting an existing party.
You bring up Zohran Mamdani. You do realize he won by first running in the democratic primary, instead of running third party? That they did do their worst to stop him, and he still succeeded rather decisively? You do realize, that if Mamdani had run third party instead, New York would have a republican Mayor now?
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And whatever advantage is gained by not having a D next to your name (Mamdani certainly won despite having a D next to his name) would be lost by having to compete with both the Democrats and the Republicans.
A third party is not viable compared to coopting an existing party.