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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCynthia Nixon got 0% of the black vote at state Democratic convention
"That should open some eyes," said Charlie King, a Cuomo ally and former executive director of the state Democratic party.
Nixon has acknowledged in order to pull off an upset against Cuomo in the September primary, she must cut into his advantage in the black community.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nixon-0-back-vote-state-dem-convention-article-1.4012491
https://ourrevolution.com/candidates/cynthia-nixon/
Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)It's a stunt
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)FSogol
(45,435 posts)Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)... IMHO.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)The goal appears to be proving that they are right about "the corrupt system" by demonstrating that their candidates can't succeed in getting there...
They seem to think that not winning gives you progressive cred, somehow - and yes, you aren't expected to deliver the moon that you promised either, and blame the lack of getting anywhere on "the corrupt two party system!!"
liberalhistorian
(20,814 posts)description, pretty much nails them. Hopefully, they'll begin to see that soon, but I wouldn't count on it.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Where losing actually benefits them, in terms of donations.
From what I can see, they only raise enough for staff salaries.
Kaleva
(36,240 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)Gothmog
(144,887 posts)brooklynite
(94,302 posts)https://upload.democraticunderground.com/106818892
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10025029517
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/106819441
I have no doubt Cuomo will win, but Cynthia Nixon was known as a political activist (like a certain radio host on Air America) before running for office. More to the point, she's organized a smooth running campaign so far, and has largely been driving the terms of the debate.
As for "no black support", one thing the NYS Democratic Party is NOT is "grassroots". The folks at the State Convention were almost exlusively political representatives and very unlikely to buck the incumbent ticket.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Seems people here weren't calling "his" campaign anything.
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)brooklynite
1. Simple answer - no
Zephyr Truthout couldn't get the Working Family's Party to seriously consider him. He has no money, and no political connections to turn out votes. Assuming he does get on the ballot, I wouldn't give him more than 20% in the Primary.
Exotica
(1,461 posts)brooklynite
(94,302 posts)I have no doubt Cuomo will win, but I don't see any reason to disparage her campaign.
Exotica
(1,461 posts)It was because you called her a him by mistake.
Nothing more.
Cheers
samir.g
(835 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I'm not sure what the ratio is, but I don't see how this would change anything.
Perhaps you can dig around and find out?
You seem to be very knowledgable on issues of ethicities that you're part of, so I imagine you can dig that up for us.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The article does point out that the people who nominated her were two black women.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)unless she does a successful signature drive, which seems unlikely. I think it's over for her.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)On what basis are you predicting that Nixon will fall short? She starts with much higher name recognition than did Teachout. She also starts with the endorsement of the Working Families Party. In 2014, a lot of WFP members wanted to endorse Teachout. Cuomo headed that off by making the WFP various promises, which he then didn't keep. This time around, Cuomo lost. That suggests that the dissatisfaction with Cuomo among progressives is higher now than it was in 2014. (The WFP has a separate ballot line and could run Nixon even if she loses the primary, but so far it has merely endorsed her, which is different. The point is that, in 2014, Teachout didn't get even that.)
Another difference from 2014 is that Cuomo's corruption problem has gotten even worse. One example, from the Wikipedia article about the "Buffalo Billion" project:
A handful of people connected closely to each other have dominated the process of planning, building and promoting the majority of Buffalo Billion's projects. Some include developers who have contributed to Cuomo's campaign. The New York Times wrote on May 24, 2016:[7]
federal investigators' interest seems to lie less with whether the people of Buffalo will ultimately benefit than with those who already have: a tangle of well-connected players including developers and frequent donors to the governor who have feasted on Buffalo Billion money.
The vote at the state convention doesn't reflect the views of grassroots Democrats. Teachout easily met the petition requirement, and then got more than a third of the vote against Cuomo, despite having almost no support from party officials.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)She still hasn't a prayer of winning in the primary. Not a chance.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)In some states, there could be a gray area where the applicability of the term is unclear -- namely, people who are nominally registered as independents but who almost always vote Democratic, or people who almost always vote Democratic but who live in a state (like Vermont, just to pick a random example) that doesn't have partisan voting registration.
For a New York primary, however, the obsession that some people have about nominal party identification is irrelevant. New York doesn't have open primaries. In fact, it has what I think are the most closed primaries in the country. Someone who, as of today, is registered to vote but is not registered as a Democrat can't vote in the primary and can't even now change his or her registration to vote. For the September 2018 gubernatorial primary, the deadline for changing party registration was in October 2017, about eleven months in advance.
In one recent poll of grassroots Democrats (i.e., registered Democrats), Nixon's support was at 28%. She's unlikely to win. She's even more unlikely to be held below 5%, which I guess is the result one would predict for her if one thought that the convention was representative of the grassroots.