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On the menu today: On the local level in New York City, in Congress, and on the world stage, Democrats are belatedly realizing that progressive dreams are not within the "Overton Window" — the realm of what is politically possible.

NYC Mayoral Race Delivers a Reality Check

Way back on June 22, New York City's Democrats went to the polls to vote in a primary for mayor and other city offices. A mere 14 days later, the city's Board of Elections counted the final 118,000 absentee ballots, deployed a ranked-choice-elimination system, and then declared that former police captain Eric Adams had won the Democratic primary — meaning that in all likelihood, will be sworn in as mayor on New Year's Day.

Adams won after New Yorkers ranked their top five candidates out of 13 options in the city mayoral primary — or, if they preferred, choosing fewer than five candidates. Then the bottom eight candidates were eliminated in the first round, and the ballots that ranked those losing ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 07 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 07 2021 Welcome to Hard Reality, Progressives On the menu today: On the local level in New York City, in Congress, and on the world stage, Democrats are belatedly realizing that progressive dreams are not within the "Overton Window" — the realm of what is politically possible. NYC Mayoral Race Delivers a Reality Check Way back on June 22, New York City's Democrats went to the polls to vote in a primary for mayor and other city offices. A mere 14 days later, the city's Board of Elections counted the final 118,000 absentee ballots, deployed a ranked-choice-elimination system, and then declared that former police captain Eric Adams had won the Democratic primary — meaning that in all likelihood, will be sworn in as mayor on New Year's Day. Adams won after New Yorkers ranked their top five candidates out of 13 options in the city mayoral primary — or, if they preferred, choosing fewer than five candidates. Then the bottom eight candidates were eliminated in the first round, and the ballots that ranked those losing ...   READ MORE

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