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Cuomo has been profiled on the ground since he even had jumps, the Clear Ford-Runner thanks to his recognition of the almost unanimous name, his relations of decade with key communities and leaders through the city and the prowess of fundraising which has just been a national democratic figure once considered as a possible presidential hope before its resistance.
His support is not only coming from longtime allies, but also from those who have not always been. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg approved it In a declaration that recognized their past “differences”. (Bloomberg has since given 8.3 million dollars to a Super Pac.) Pro-CuoMo)
Other eminent democrats who called Cuomo to resign in 2021 Back in his cornerIncluding the representative Gregory Meeks, who is also the powerful president of the Democratic Party of Queens, and the progressive senator of the State Jessica Ramos, who barely a few months ago “Mental acuity” by Cuomo.
And While the New York Times editor did not officially approve a candidate, he gave Cuomo a bump by telling New Yorkers not to classify Mamdani while adding that Cuomo “would be better for the future of New York”.
The line of the line for many politicians supporting Cuomo comes from the manual he sang on the stump and TV ads tried to hammer at home – that the presidency of Donald Trump represents a unique crisis for the city, that which Cuomo has the experience of navigating.
In an address during a rally at the National Action Network, a group led by Reverend Al Sharpton, the long -standing activist for civil rights and animator of MSNBC, Cuomo warned that Trump is an “existential threat” and “worse than what it was in his first mandate”. (MSNBC and NBC News have the same parent company, nbcuniversal.)
Within the campaign strategy
Part of Cuomo’s height also faces Mamdani directly, an implicit wink at the status of Mamdani as a higher leaf. Cuomo’s Allied Super Pac spent millions of dollars by supervising Mamdani as too liberal on issues such as the police, calling him “risks that New York cannot afford”. Cuomo also criticized him for the comments he made About Gaza and the War of Israel with Hamas.
Mamdani, who would be the first Muslim mayor of the city, argued that Cuomo tries to divide by Try to arm anti -Semitism allegationsAnd he accused his rivals of trying to characterize him as a “monster”.
Sharpton, who has not yet approved but congratulated Cuomo during his recent gathering, told NBC News that Cuomo had a structural advantage of being able to rely on a strong support among black and Latinos voters.
“When Hillary beat Bernie, Bernie was packing stadiums and she beat him using this base,” said Sharpton about Hillary Clinton’s strong support among colored voters in the 2016 Democratic primaries against Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT. “Is it possible to reverse the steam? Yes, but there has not yet been a sign.”
Mamdani, 33, a legislator leading the largest breed of his career, increased by capturing the attention of progressives with his direct energetic calls to camera, as well as a platform that includes free city buses, rent gels and other progressive proposals.
“This victory will be historic not only because of whom I am-a Muslim immigrant and a democratic socialist proud-but for what we will do: to make this city affordable for everyone,” he said during a rally this month.
Public polls continue to show Mamdani as the main Challenger in Cuomo, and he tried to take advantage of the crossing agreements with other candidates to urge supporters to include them all on their choice ballots classified in the hope of collecting steam if the first choices of progressive voters are eliminated – Appearing with Lander And Former vice-president of the National Democratic Committee Michael Blake To ask their supporters to classify them both on their ballots.
These offers embody the rallying cry “do not classify Cuomo” which crossed the supporters of several candidates, a dynamic directly called when he announced the agreement with Mamdani: “We both know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.”
Rupert, the former Wiley campaign director, told NBC News that the anti-cookie has the additional challenge of having to explain the subtleties of the classified choice system (and how supporters can use it to their advantage), the rules offer progressives an opportunity.
She sharp In the first election of choice of the city in 2021, when Wiley came to less than 2 percentage points of the final and the former sanitation commissioner of the city, Kathryn Garcia, did not succeed the mayor Eric Adams by a similar margin.
“If some of Maya voters, a small percentage, had not classified Adams, he may have gone to Garcia – that could have made the difference,” said Rupert.
“There are people who will hear a message now and be more likely to answer them in real time,” she said.
This is another reason why even if eminent progressives throw their weight behind the candidates, they take care to include endorsements for other slots on the ballot and quickly emphasize the opposition to Cuomo as large parts of their recommendations.
“It does not help the election of Zohran if you simply fill a n ° 1 rank and not the rest of your ballot. We have to fill the whole ballot – and do not classify Andrew Cuomo ”, the Democrat representative Alexandria Ocasio -Cortez said during a mamdani gathering this month.
“Not classifying Andrew Cuomo is the right thing to do in solidarity with the survivors of harassment and sexual assault. This is the right thing to do to turn the page on the future of a Democratic Party who does not continue to repeat the mistakes that landed us here, “she continued.
How Lander’s late arrest could affect the race
While a large part of the attention on the section focused on Cuomo and Mamdani, Lander Arrest as he pleaded for the defendants before the immigration court Could play in the race, say the Democrats.
Sharpton called Lander as a “political martyr” in the interview with NBC News, adding that his mixture of experience and progressive chops could lead to an increase. And while Rupert “strongly” condemned arrest, she added that “the way she will think about the campaign will be a net positive”.
The result will certainly not be clear on Tuesday evening, unless a candidate shocks the city by winning the majority of votes in first place. It is more likely that the result will become clear in the coming weeks, because all the votes are counted and that the lower levels of the candidates fall and that their votes are reassigned during the tab of classified choice.
As in 2021, Democrats across the country will turn to the city as a first indicator of what their voters want from them.
A long -standing democratic strategist from New York which has requested anonymity to discuss the dynamics between the crowded domain called the race an “interesting microcosm of what is happening national among the Democrats”.
“Centrist against progressive, moderate liberal versus, it is not only the currents here in the city, which are obviously reflected before and in the center of the mayor. It is the party’s political currents on a national scale,” said the strategist.
“Is there a potential for surprise?” The person continued. “Absolutely.”
