A new Yahoo/YouGov survey finds that about twice as many U.S. adults say they would vote for a candidate with Mamdani’s platform (50%) than say they would not (26%). Could it be a blueprint for Democrats elsewhere?

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    23 hours ago

    The poll says 46% of Republicans and 42% of Democrats outside of New York don’t have an opinion on a guy running to be Mayor of New York.

    Clickbaitey article headline implies not having an opinion on a politician running for mayor in another city means the same as being unfavorable towards that politician. Yes he has a low favorable number but a massive “no opinion” number because should people give a shit about a politician in another city?

    New Yorkers may like to to think they’re the center of the world, but shockingly over 40% of people outside of New York probably don’t know who this guy is because why should they?

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      5 hours ago

      Really. I’ve read quite a bit about him, and I’ve never even been in North America.

      But I also try to stay informed, and our news are infested with US culture war bullshit.

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        2 hours ago

        Well you’re in a politics community on lemmy, so you’re going to hear about all of the leftist populists constantly. But I don’t think lemmy is an extremely popular web forum.