the democratic party is kinda over? feels like it will morph into a new, more lefty thing over the coming decade, maybe even DSA taking over

in the era of digital vibe populism, this center-left/centrist establishment can't beat zohran types and they also can't beat trump types. they are auraless

I'll take the other side of that bet.

You need donors.

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2025/03/24/zohran-mamdani-maxes-out-fundraising-for-mayoral-primary

Cumo supporting pacs spent 30 million dollars in attack ads FYI

Im more talking the actual capital put into the campaign, cumo backed pacs put 32 million plus dollars into the race just via pacs

The largest single donation to Mamdani backed pacs was 300k

The dnc donor class dominance is so over played

Attack ads aren’t the right kind of paid media for a political run like this nowadays in my mind

Mamdani dominated because he had TikTok style friendly content that people are used to seeing

Nothing beats the “that guy seems nice” feeling for voters imo — I expect donors to funnel $ into similar content in the future after seeing the W