Schumer won't say whether he voted for Mamdani in NYC election

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the senior senator from New York, on Nov. 4 declined to say who he voted for in the closely watched New York City mayoral race.

When asked at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol whether he voted for Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani or Andrew Cuomo − the former Democratic governor running as an independent − Schumer simply said he voted.

"Look, I voted and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City,”

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/schumer-wont-whether-voted-mamdani-221642726.html

Which I suppose I can understand in his position, esp. earlier in the day, before it was decided.

My guess would be Cuomo, though.

I suspect you're right about him triangulating, but imo, there was only one right answer.

Declining to answer is exactly what I would've expected him to do. Very on brand for him in a situation like that.

Plus, the new Mayor's whole vibe is kinda "out with the old guard", and, welp ... you know

I think it is very clear now that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has a strong position to run for the Senate, and Schumer has neither the vision, nor the energy, nor the capacity to campaign against her. She can raise money against him dollar for dollar, and she is let us diplomatically say a more dexterous political acrobat.

Schumer almost certainly voted for Cuomo, because if Cuomo won Schumer's brand could survive another cycle. Moving forward, it'll be AOC's turn.

that act like democrats.

In 2022 Schumer got 750,000+ more votes in New York City than Mamdani got last night. Schumer won NYC with 75.1% of the vote to Mamdani's 50.4%.

Winning a blue district congressional election or a Democratic city's mayoral race is one thing. Winning statewide is another matter altogether.

https://elections.ny.gov/2022-general-election-us-senate-results

Other than, "I'll work with whomever the People elect".
I don't expect anyone in Schumer's position as a "business friendly" Democrat (or as my Dad used to call them - Pragmacrats) to say they would vote for a New Deal or Social Democrat.
I do expect them to agree to work with them, though. Money from donors does not guarantee a turnout of voters, and the turnout is what keeps you in office...

Put it this way, when I saw the clip of Schumer being asked, before the question was even out of the reporters mouth all the way, I went "Oh, he is not going to answer that!" for the reasons you said. There wasn't a good answer for him, and he was not obliged to answer, so he won't, I thought. He did the pragmatic thing, and I thought that was fine, and very on brand for Chuck.

Our Democratic candidate won the mayoralty, and he did win by a majority, but he under performed Harris, Schumer, Jeffries, Spanberger, and Sherrill.

& Spamberger Preformed Outstanding in their Races.

Good to know our Dems Did So Well! .. Mahalo, laucelle.

since he is now, according to some, THE Democratic Party.

If you know what I mean.

Every Democrat that won today focused on working-class issues, as did the vast majority of Democrats that lost in last year's elections.

These "factional grifters" need to stop trying to constantly divide the Democratic coalition, the vast majority of which agrees on the vast majority of issues and only differs on the best way to go about addressing those issues.

two Brilliant Women got Elected and the Party will be taking Note of them, too.

I can't stand the divisiveness of some.. it's sickening. .. who gives a crap who Sen Schumer voted for.

Thank You, W HAMILTON

Last night proved that we are a big tent party.

Well".. All Across the Country.,. Including PA.

Pretty Cool.. That's kind of what I was thinking.. None of this Divisive Stuff.

Hope Fetterman is Taking Note.

in Virginia, so something for every Dem.

His personality. He has the Obama charm and enthusiasm that was authentic.

We need another 20 years to get the boomer generation out of power before we can run someone like this for president

But now he has to perform. Mamdani ran on an extremely ambitious economic agenda that is going to generate all kinds of pushback from the rich and powerful. I wish him well, but his idealism and inexperience could be problematic.

As always repeat it over and over and over and over and over and the gullible (evidently almost everyone) believes it.

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the Country tonight have a Mandate.. to work for their Constituents.

They're Leaders.. not followers of anyone else.

And the PA Dem Judges were Reelected in the ol Swing State. And, two Dems Ousted all RW from PA Buck's County School Board.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220774789

Dems Won Tonight.

Dems are ‘elites’ don’t you know. While Trump’s mega rich friends really ‘care about you.’

Unfortunately we see echoes of this falsehood that ‘Dems are elites!’ in some leftist ‘influencer’ rhetoric.

than any other administration in decades, at least.

This media- and "progressive"-generated myth that Democrats don't stand for the working class needs to die.

voted for someone else.

NYC is a unique place. Unique politics, unique history.

We should celebrate his win. And we do!

Lots of eyes on how this will play out.

I have RW relatives who were hoping he'd get elected because they expect to be handed a case study on how progressive ideas can't work in the real world.

The rest of NY (city and state) need to be onboard, because if Mamdami fails the Right will never shut up about it and we will all feel the sting.

And this could go badly even if everyone plays ball. Many of his proposals are going to be very tricky to balance implementation in terms of cost, impact, and disruption

Are much better examples of how Democrats see their path forward.

In VA, Spanberger shifted every county bluer and carried Jones and his texts to a win over an incumbent, along with securing a near supermajority in the house.


Mamdani turned out a lot of voters, but also drove high turnout against him as well, and ended up with ~50% of the vote when Democrats in recent elections have been at 66%.

I don't see how that's a recipe for success outside of very blue areas.

I think that may be more of the point

"All politics is local."

True then, true now. Mamdani had his pulse on the beat of NYC, and played it perfectly. It would not have played in Poughkipsie.

May the Great Spirit spare us from fifteen years of posts starting with "Zohran says....."

Clicked the link but the full article wasn't available.

Seriously doubt this person looked at the demographics of all the races and compared them to NY results.

But a win in NYC is different than what is going on in red states and red cities. Sadly. I wish it were so, but it just isn't...

care, making public transportation faster and on some lines free, etc. It's not unusual at all since as of 2023 these cities managed to do it: Akron, Ohio
Alexandria, Virginia
Avon, Colorado
Baltimore City, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Breckenridge, Colorado
Cache Valley, Utah
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Clemson, South Carolina
Commerce, California
Corvallis, Oregon
Emeryville, California
Hoboken, New Jersey
Island County, Washington
Missoula, Montana
North Central New Mexico, New Mexico
Olympia, Washington
Park City, Utah
Raleigh, North Carolina
Richmond, Virginia
Savannah, Georgia
Summit County, Colorado
Tucson, Arizona
Vail, Colorado

I think all states/cities can relate to increasing taxes on the wealthy.

I think all states/cities could relate to a positive, hopeful message that stands up for what it believes in and doesn't shy away from that (works for Tim Walz and others). I think the cities/states that can't are simply getting too much right wing talking points about communism, socialism, hating the rich, oh no - THE IMMIGRANTS are eating your pets, etc.

I think ultimately people respond to candidates that are real, not condescending, who speak their minds and who present a hopeful vision for a future. I think the winners in NJ and VA did that - as did NY. There's too much labeling of people and not enough talking about bold vision. I wish we'd not talk about oh no, a progressive can't win in NJ, oh no, a democratic socialist can only win in NY blah blah blah. I'd hope the party stops labeling their own candidates and starts supporting the ideas that people support across the board.

replicated and embraced without saying this event in whole, can be replicated.