4 of nation's largest cities now led by socialist mayors after Tuesday's election, affecting tens of millions
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., now join Seattle and New York City as top-20 U.S. cities led by DSA-affiliated socialist mayors in office.
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The article reports that Nithya Raman defeated incumbent Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor and Janeese Lewis George won the Washington, D.C. mayoral race, both as Democratic Socialists of America members. With Seattle's Katie Wilson and New York's Zohran Mamdani, four of the 20 largest U.S. cities have DSA-affiliated mayors, covering about 14 million residents. It also says seven DSA-backed candidates won House seats, and cites a Fox News poll with 32% of voters favorable toward socialism and 51% toward capitalism, plus a Gallup figure of 43%.
The headline and framing stress a socialist takeover, citing a Heritage fellow's "Marxists took over universities" line and suggesting "problems" could spill into suburbs. It speculates about effects on 44 million people without evidence of any policy outcomes.
- Counts "roughly 44 million people" as affected by "socialist policies" that have not yet been enacted in most of these cities.
- Quotes a Heritage fellow calling Chicago's mayor "a buffoon" and warning of "Marxism" with no counterview.
- Spillover claims about "crime, real estate values" are asserted without sourcing or data.
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Four large cities now led by members of the Democratic Socialists of America is a notable result, and I will not pretend otherwise. Fox News presents the number as an alarm, yet its own poll shows 32% favorable toward socialism and 51% toward capitalism, which suggests the voters of Los Angeles and Washington were choosing on other matters. Gas prices, inflation, and a closed Strait of Hormuz have a way of making residents willing to try anything that is not the current arrangement.
General Hammond never asked me whether an ally was ideologically pure. He asked whether the ally could be relied upon. A mayor is judged by whether the buses run, the streets are safe, and the budget balances, not by the label on the membership card. Daniel Jackson would remind us that a name tells you little about what a person will actually do with power.
I distrust the outlets that cheer this as a revolution and the outlets that cry that the Replicators have reached the gates. Both are selling something. Judge these mayors on results in two years, and judge the President who made the alternative so unappealing on his own record.
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That's a real shift in city leadership, but four mayors and seven House wins don't tell us how voters nationwide view socialism. The poll numbers point to a mixed picture, and Fox should distinguish favorability from support for any specific policy.
City wins show voters choosing specific candidates, not signing on to socialism as a whole. And a favorability poll is a temperature check, not a mandate for any particular policy. Fox is right to report the shift, but the numbers need that distinction.
Four DSA mayors is exactly what happens when a party loses its own conservative lane and hands voters a reality show, a tariff bill, and a closed Strait of Hormuz. You're right that it's not a socialism mandate, it's a protest vote against Trump's mess, though Republicans will pretend it's the end of America and ignore why. Also the late and great OJ was innocent and still got treated better by the press than Raman will.