Current Events > Andrew Yang's popularity for NYC Mayor is going through the FLOOR

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https://twitter.com/USA_Polling/status/1394417548905566208

looks like the Israel comments did him in

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thats what happens when reddit has a shinier carrot to chase.

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New York city has the second largest Jewish population in the world, so you can pencil in 1.5 million votes for him just from them. Will it be enough to offset the people he pissed off? Who knows

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Which candidate is profiting the most from Yangs comments

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I don't know if this can be attributed to Israel comments alone; the last poll was two months ago when he was the candidate with the most name recognition.

BignutzisBack posted...

New York city has the second largest Jewish population in the world, so you can pencil in 1.5 million votes for him just from them.

You shouldn't assume Jews are pro-Israel, or all vote on that basis in NYC Democratic primaries.

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SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Which candidate is profiting the most from Yangs comments

Stringer has the biggest jump in popularity, but I don't know anything about them, so I have no idea what caused that jump.

I suppose it's moderately benefiting the two people who are now in front of him

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The molester is in 2nd now?

averagejoel posted...

Stringer has the biggest jump in popularity, but I don't know anything about them, so I have no idea what caused that jump.

Stringer is one of the more progressive candidates in the race, but until this poll I'd seen him fading after he was accused of sexual assault by a woman who worked on his 2001 campaign for public advocate. He has denied the allegation.

Adams is the one candidate in the race worse than Yang

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Antifar posted...

I don't know if this can be attributed to Israel comments alone; the last poll was two months ago when he was the candidate with the most name recognition.

yeah for sure. my comment was kinda... a half joke?

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Also worth noting that this is going to be done by ranked choice voting.

Antifar posted...

You shouldn't assume Jews are pro-Israel

Oh the vast majority of them definitely are

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Good fuck that dude

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BignutzisBack posted...

New York city has the second largest Jewish population in the world, so you can pencil in 1.5 million votes for him just from them. Will it be enough to offset the people he pissed off? Who knows

the majority of those are conservatives tho

GiggetySplicer posted...

Did they vote for Biden during 2019? Because isn't Biden saying the same thing, as the president?

Andrew Yang is not running against Donald Trump

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ImAMarvel posted...

That's a damn shame seeing as how he's the only one out of them that seems like he'd be good for the job and actually gives a damn about the people, at least from what I know. Sadly, people are fucking stupid.

morales is a pretty good candidate, that's who i'm ranking 1 on my ballot

soulunison2 posted...

the majority of those are conservatives tho

Maybe it's different for NYC's Jewish community specifically, but it's absolutely not true of American Jews
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/265898/american-jews-politics-israel.aspx

Trump took office in January 2017, and Gallup's aggregated surveys conducted from February through December of that year show that 68% of Jews identified as Democratic or as independents who leaned toward the Democratic Party, while 28% identified as or leaned Republican.
In 2018, those numbers were 59% Democratic and 36% Republican. So far this year, using an aggregated sample of Gallup polls conducted from January through August, 65% of Jews identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, with 30% identifying with or leaning toward the Republican Party.
In terms of ideology, 44% of American Jews are liberal, much higher than the overall 25% among the total population, making Jews the most liberal of any major religious group we identify. Another 36% of Jews are moderates, with 20% describing themselves as conservative -- compared with 37% of the total population.

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Antifar posted...

Maybe it's different for NYC's Jewish community specifically, but it's absolutely not true of American Jews on the whole
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/265898/american-jews-politics-israel.aspx

I never said it wasn't, I have no idea why you bought that up

you also have to remember NYC has a substantially large hasidic community - and they all vote trump

Which one of these candidates is most likely to clean up the city's massive homeless problem and battle the huge increase in crime?

That's the one that should be mayor.

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Good, Yang is trash. Morales should win.

After a brief reading of all the candidates, I support Adams.

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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

Which one of these candidates is most likely to clean up the city's massive homeless problem and battle the huge increase in crime?

That's the one that should be mayor.

Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

After a brief reading of all the candidates, I support Adams.

lmao no shit

Wasnt he the only one that knew the average price of a house in brooklyn?

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fuming posted...

lmao no shit

I honestly didn't bother reading up on any of them and only knew of Yang because he's Yang.

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Damn, I want him to win. He's very pro nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

LightHawKnight posted...

Wasnt he the only one that knew the average price of a house in brooklyn?

Yes, he's the only one who knows a lot of important information.

Also, seems like Addams exploited the donation matching NY does to use taxpayer funds to back up special interest donations to him.

I really don't know why people get upset with politicians if they keep voting for the most obvious business as usual, special interest/lobbiest funded politicians.

I'm rooting for the person who tries to be kind and honest, and has the largest amount of small donors.

But you do you NY, re-elect the same type of people and see if you get different results.

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