NYC Mayor Candidate Mamdani Says He's 'Not Defunding the Police'

[iemanja]

66. There were eleven candidates in the race

His total was so strong that they knew he was the winner on the first round. Your claim that he didn't receive a majority of votes in a multi-way primary is ridiculous. No one would. In races with only two-candidates, it's not uncommon for a candidate to receive less than 50% of the vote. It's remarkable for someone to get 44% in an eleven-way race.

If your post was not a criticism of ranked-choice voting, it displayed an unawareness of how it functions as a democratic system.

Whether you agree with him is irrelevant. The time for criticism has passed. He is the nominee.