Anil Dash5d ago
This Zohran Mamdani video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? It is the blueprint.
Show threadIcooIey5d ago
@anildash
Did you notice all the We’s? We turned out voters, We talked to New Yorkers, We listened. Very very refreshing to have someone willing to share space, not make it about themself.
Show threadJuho Mäntysalo5d ago

@IcooIey @anildash

I noted.

I thought it was strange, even low-key scary how he spoke of "we the campaign" (like he was happy for a successful kickstarter, or a product launch), and not "we the voters" (of whom he is now the representive de jure, and was earlier the pretender of).

I'm sure it's the culture, how things are done, but in my mind it shows a disconnect between the citizenry and the political class.

(As a sidenote, I haven't noticed the same with AOC.)

Show threadRaven6675d ago
@iju @IcooIey @anildash this seems a nitpicky comment but I took this video to have two audiences, one of which being a thank-you to all the campaign staff who worked hard to help make his election possible, and secondly to show the voters that they did make a competent choice and to thank them for voting. I'm sure other communications will be made for other purposes in the future
Show threadIcooIey5d ago
@raven667 @iju @anildash
Good point. The intended audience were those who worked on the campaign. Still, this is a video of a campaign that seeks to include, not exclude, fronted not by someone grabbing all the credit. It’s a mistake to compare him to other democrats. Even in a primary, this campaign wasn’t about them, it was about giving Trump voters a viable alternative who speaks to the issues they say they are concerned with.
Show threadjz.tusk

@IcooIey @raven667 @iju @anildash

I hope to God that internally his current supporters are being told that they need to attract more people's votes in order to actually win the election. 🤞

And I hope even more strongly that they listen. 🤞🤞

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