Plenty of New Yorkers who voted for Zohran Mamdani in last month’s City Hall election previously backed Donald Trump at the ballot box, despite their obvious political differences, new data reveals
The left right divide is real but the way we frame it in the US is wrong. It’s not about some amorphous culture war issues the media pushes though - it’s about class and who controls the levers of power. What people are asking for with the way they vote is for some of that power to be shifted back into the hands of the working class.
The need for economic support is a need for more equitable redistribution of resources across society writ large. The only way to have sustainable and long term working class prosperity is for some of that power to be permanently wrested from the hands of the rich. Some would argue that ultimately all of that power must be taken away.
The left right divide is real but the way we frame it in the US is wrong. It’s not about some amorphous culture war issues the media pushes though - it’s about class and who controls the levers of power. What people are asking for with the way they vote is for some of that power to be shifted back into the hands of the working class.
The need for economic support is a need for more equitable redistribution of resources across society writ large. The only way to have sustainable and long term working class prosperity is for some of that power to be permanently wrested from the hands of the rich. Some would argue that ultimately all of that power must be taken away.