October 23, 2026

02c U.S. Politics – Election

Hochul Endorses Communist NYC Mayoral Candidate, Mamdani Does NOT Return the Favor

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What If Kathy Hochul Is Violating New York's Climate Law ...

JUST IN: Mamdani refuses to endorse Kathy Hochul after NY governor endorses him | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani has refused to back New York Governor Kathy Hochul after the Hochul backed up Mamdani in a New York Times opinon piece over the weekend. Hochul had said that she found common ground with the socialist candidate.

Hochul endorsed Mamdani on Sunday, saying that despite her disagreements with Mamdani, she would support him in his candidacy for mayor of New York City. However, on Monday, Mamdani did not return the favor. When he was asked by reporters about endorsing Hochul, he responded that is was premature to ask abot  “the thing beyond the thing,” per the New York Post.

“My focus is on November, and I’m excited to have the governor’s support in that fight for November,” the left-wing candidate added. The failure to endorse Hochul in return drew a reaction, incluing from Rep. Elise Stefanik, who said the snub against Hochul made the New York goveror look weak in her leadership role.

“Even Mamdani refuses to support Kathy Hochul less than 24 hours after she endorsed him!” Stefanik posted to X.

Trump thinks RFK Jr is the key to win the midterms – all by getting MAHA moms on their side– www.independent.co.uk

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Trump thinks RFK Jr is the key to win the midterms – all by getting MAHA moms on their side– www.independent.co.uk
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Dems with Lead, but Fading in Virginia Governor’s Race

pgnewser September 16, 2025 0

Earle-Sears 'morally opposed' to Virginia's reproductive rights ...

Spanberger lead against Earle-Sears now in single digits– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Spanberger has 49% support among registered Virginia voters compared to Earle-Sears’s 40% support, according to a Sept. 9 poll released by Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Two months prior, Earle-Sears had 37% support. Spanberger’s percentage remains unchanged.

The latest results suggest that while Earle-Sears has been slowly closing the gap, it may not be enough to overtake Spanberger less than two months before Election Day. Early voting in Virginia’s gubernatorial election begins on Friday, Sept. 19.

Less than half of independent voters, 48%, remain undecided about the race.

Pollster L. Douglas Wilder, the Democratic governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994, said the election will be determined by independent and undecided voters. He also stressed the national significance of the state race this election cycle.

“With Virginia and New Jersey being the only states holding elections in November, there is much speculation as to what these results portend for the political landscape, not just for the Commonwealth, but across the nation,” Wilder said.

The poll shows other Democratic candidates leading their Republican counterparts.

Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in– www.politico.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025 0

Socialism: A national 'bluff'

Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in– www.politico.com
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The socialist brand is on the rise, according to recent polling, fueling the left flank of the Democratic Party to argue its ideology is becoming more mainstream.

Shortly after Gallup released data showing Democrats and independents are cooling toward capitalism, a progressive organization is out with a poll finding that more than half of likely Democratic voters prefer socialist-aligned figures like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani to establishment politicians like Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jefrries and Nancy Pelosi.

Democratic voters also view elected officials who describe themselves as democratic socialists about as positively as those who identify as Democrats, and they prefer democratic socialism to capitalism when written definitions of each are read aloud to them, according to the poll conducted by Data for Progress and shared first with POLITICO.

“What the mainstream of the party wants is both democratic socialism as a value system and democratic socialist politicians,” said Gabe Tobias, executive director of the Democratic Socialists of America Fund, a political nonprofit organization that funded the survey with the magazine Jacobin and the Berlin-based democratic socialist group Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

Though Democratic voters are warming to socialism, the ideology is toxic to most Republicans and many independents, making it difficult for socialists to win in battlegrounds. Even within the Democratic Party, some voters are skeptical about the electability of democratic socialists in swing areas, a reality Sanders faced during his two unsuccessful presidential runs.