I know you’re being rhetorical, but for people who don’t follow NYC politics: Nobody. Nobody will.
He snuck through the Dem primaries and then sailed through the general because he’s the Dem candidate. No more sneaking, and dropping the Dem label, no more sailing. He’s toast.
I’ve cautioned people to not get hopeful in 2024, given how dumb people can vote and the amount of blind R voters, but NYC works the opposite way (usually to everyone’s benefit) - the amount of people who will always vote Democrat, no matter the candidate, is huge. Whoever is the Dem candidate will 99% likely win. The Dem primary is NYC is effectively the general. Adams will only have name recognition, and his name is mud in NYC right now.
Adams has a small die-hard base of hustler-culture types and reactionaries who will keep voting for him. That’s where he’s getting his 8% approval from. But he’s dead weight against Cuomo, who wants a coronation based on name recognition, rather than a street fight with Zohran Mamdani.
So Adams is dropping out in order to clear the way for a Cuomo primary stomping. Meanwhile, he gets to salvage his pride by running as an independent against a guy whose own pile of dirty laundry will be all over the street by election day, which gives him a non-zero chance of keeping his job.
I know you’re being rhetorical, but for people who don’t follow NYC politics: Nobody. Nobody will.
He snuck through the Dem primaries and then sailed through the general because he’s the Dem candidate. No more sneaking, and dropping the Dem label, no more sailing. He’s toast.
Trump got elected twice. Don’t say no one.
I’ve cautioned people to not get hopeful in 2024, given how dumb people can vote and the amount of blind R voters, but NYC works the opposite way (usually to everyone’s benefit) - the amount of people who will always vote Democrat, no matter the candidate, is huge. Whoever is the Dem candidate will 99% likely win. The Dem primary is NYC is effectively the general. Adams will only have name recognition, and his name is mud in NYC right now.
Adams has a small die-hard base of hustler-culture types and reactionaries who will keep voting for him. That’s where he’s getting his 8% approval from. But he’s dead weight against Cuomo, who wants a coronation based on name recognition, rather than a street fight with Zohran Mamdani.
So Adams is dropping out in order to clear the way for a Cuomo primary stomping. Meanwhile, he gets to salvage his pride by running as an independent against a guy whose own pile of dirty laundry will be all over the street by election day, which gives him a non-zero chance of keeping his job.
NYC hates Cuomo though. They hated him before the scandal.