Much of the focus of the New York City mayoral race has centered on one or two perceived front-runners: Andrew Yang, the 2020 presidential candidate, and Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president. But that perception is almost entirely based on what has been an unusually quiet polling season. None of […] Read more »
Politics & Polls: Liz Cheney Ousting, Census Accuracy & Vaccine Persuasion
Catching up on the politics of the week, Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang discuss how Rep. Liz Cheney was ousted from her role as House Republican Conference chair by the GOP, a position she’s held since 2017, and what it means for democracy. Sam uncovers some suspicious Census undercounting of […] Read more »
Early front-runners like Andrew Yang usually win NYC mayoral primaries
The New York City Democratic mayoral primary is now less than two months away, on June 22. The polls indicate that businessman and former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang continues to hold a clear lead in the first New York City mayoral election being held under ranked choice voting. While […] Read more »
What The Chauvin Trial Verdict Tells Us
… The verdict was guilty on all counts. A very extraordinary story, a killer cop convicted; paired with an all too ordinary story, an unarmed Black man killed. The bipartisan consensus that Chauvin was guilty is another extraordinary result. But, that does not mean that we as a nation are […] Read more »
NYC: Andrew Yang leads Democrats in Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll on mayor’s race
For the past few months, Andrew Yang has been treated as the frontrunner in the mayor’s race by both the media and his fellow candidates, despite the fact there had been few reliable polls in the race. Now comes supporting evidence: our exclusive Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll, released Monday, shows […] Read more »
Why the New York mayoral race is unprecedented in modern times
New York City’s mayoral elections are usually big spectacles. They come during the most boring time in electoral politics, the year after the presidential election. The candidates can be press fodder (e.g. Anthony Weiner in 2013), and the winner will get to rule a city with a population of more […] Read more »