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Thehe Democratic Party Eight months of internal debate, accusations and search for the soul that followed Donald Trump’s victory and the loss of Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential duel received another impetus last month, when an otherwise vague 33-year-old state legislator finished first in the mayoral primary primary city of New York.
Many democratic leaders have come to the conclusion that Trump’s victory is rooted in the image of their party, reflecting the priorities of coastal elitists who are educated in college, not the daily problems affecting families with blue collars, such as inflation, crime and immigration.
The locked medicine lies that it is paying a little to the right, downplaying such questions as climate change and paying more attention to bread and butter concerns.
However, A surprising primary victory in New York from the announced “democratic socialist” Zhodi MamdaniTurning him into a favorite to become mayor of the largest city in the country, he creates a new wrinkle in the debate on the elections of Democrats after the election.
Mamdani emphasized the costs of life and other working -class problems, promising that if he was selected, he would facilitate the life of New Yorkers. It advocates for freezing rent, increases minimum wages and made the city open its own grocery stores to reduce food costs.
The emergence of cheats as a new party leader with a distinct campaign to the left of the Center resonates on a continent in California, a one-party state, whose dominant Democrats are often divided by ideological lines, digging progressives similar to mamdans against business-oriented terms.
At the heart, the progressives lose soil for the mods, even in the area of San Francisco Bay, the most blue area in deep blue. Daniel Luri’s last election as mayor of San FranciscoRegarding promises to balance the city’s budget with a deficit and to break down in street crime, it is one of this trend. The response or rejection of other Bay civil servants in the area of the last election is different.
As Political website Politico noted Recently, “Zhodi Mamdani’s Rise in New York has embedded progressives across the country. But for San Francisco activists, this is a cutting reminder of how far they have fallen into this at the same time a bastion of progressism.”
The conflict is very obvious and in the state capitol, with the political arc of Governor Gavin Newo An example of pathetic.
While running for governor in 2018, the Newsom-Payer of San Francisco-Milled his political canoe on the left, covering such left-wing emblematic reasons as one-payment health care.
However, in the next six years, Newsom was slowly moving right in political conditions, calling for more terrible relationships to camps of homeless people, sending employees of the highway to combat street crime, and most recently, Opposite transgender women competing in women’s sports.
NEWSOM even denied its interpretation of health care for one payment in favor of the broader reflection than the state program Medi-Cal, then strive Cut this coverage To close a state budget deficit this year.
As the Newsom distanced itself from the progressive agenda – it may be more viable as a presidential candidate in 2028 – its defenders find that the legislature also becomes less welcoming. The progressive agenda bills can often get a transition to one legislative house just to die, almost always without official votes, in the other house.
Last year’s elections also indicated that while California is a blue state, it is nowhere close to the perception of the democratic socialist program. Not only Trump did surprisingly well Against Kamala Harris in the presidential vote in California, but the voters passed Proposal 36A measure to combat crime that most democratic leaders, including Newsom, have opposed a regression of criminal justice reforms.
This week, passing two NEWSOM supported bill to Overhaul of the California Environmental Quality Act Over the opposition of large environmental groups, it was another indication that, if nothing else, California’s policy is moving slowly.
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