moggieEverydayMoggie@sfba.social
Nov 5, 2026, 1:09 AMYeah, all that was so disappointing. I'd laugh if SF somehow managed to elect an actual progressive mayor and they used that excessive power for the public good though.
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scott fscott@carfree.cityNov 5, 2026, 2:35 AM@EverydayMoggie @mikec415 That's very unlikely to happen in the next decade.
- moggieEverydayMoggie@sfba.socialNov 5, 2026, 3:35 AM
- scott fscott@carfree.cityNov 5, 2026, 4:20 AM
@EverydayMoggie @mikec415 A few structural things made Mamdani’s rise more likely in New York than here. Notably, they have closed primaries where only Democrats can vote, and then the Democratic nominee almost always wins the general. Here, “moderates” explicitly court Trump voters to eke out wins against lefties. Second, New York’s Assembly is much more representative than California’s, with smaller races. It was easier for Mamdani to first win office through the Assembly.
- scott fscott@carfree.cityNov 5, 2026, 4:22 AM
@EverydayMoggie @mikec415 On top of that, in 2022, centrist Democrats stacked the redistricting commission and gerrymandered progressives out of seats, further blocking anyone on the left from successfully running for anything to get their foot in the door.
Mike Cohenmikec415@sfba.socialNov 5, 2026, 5:41 AM@scott @EverydayMoggie I’m still mad that my neighborhood was redistricted from D5 to D8.