Eileen Higgins’s win has reset the city’s political landscape in some ways not seen in 28 years, and in others not at all
Miami’s new mayor, Eileen Higgins, hailed it as “a new day” for the city after the Democrat ended three decades of Republican rule on Tuesday night in a stunning election triumph.
In reality, the result is more of a seismic shifting of sands given the magnitude of her victory over the Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate, Emilio González, in the most populous city in Miami-Dade county, which the president won in 2024 by 12%.
Higgins won the run-off with almost 60% of the vote, according to preliminary results reported Wednesday by the Miami Herald. More than just further evidence of a growing national backlash against Trump’s policies on the national stage, particularly immigration, her win has reset Miami’s political landscape in a manner not seen in some ways in 28 years, and in others not at all.
I don’t want Democratic wins. I want non-neoliberal wins to pass legislation that will stop capitulating to capitalists.
Good luck getting a city of ex-Cubans that despise everything about communism and stan capitalism harder than your average white guy to get behind your wishes.
ETA: A recent article that paints a vivid perspective around this.
At the current state of things I’ll take a step back from the cliff rather than a step off.
Arguably we are off the cliff and you want to argue if the hand of the person pulling you back up meets your moral tests. If they don’t you demand they release you so you can continue to fall while you wait for your ideal savior. Hopefully they reach you before you reach the bottom
You are assuming that the hand is actually pulling you up. That’s a mistake.
That strategy has been the predominant one for the Democratic Party since the 1990s. How has the country been doing since then?
If my options were to be dropped off a cliff or dangled over the edge, dangling is preferable.
I’d obviously prefer the person that will lift me up, but if they’re not there
It’s up to us to push our representatives to show results beyond the “not Trump”.
When the Democrats used to wield power for the working class they had full control of the country for decades.
You’re right there. I won’t reject a victory over republicans, but I do want better
I think I’m just tired of the Democratic Party always having just enough centrists to take the blame for their inaction. John Fetterman, Tim Kaine, Chuck Schumer, Kory Booker and more like them will always screw over the working class to appease the wealthy capitalists.
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Every vote away from the far right is a better chance at creating a true progressive shift. I wish it could happen that fast but it won’t. We need to take what is realistic now and NOT STOP PUSHING. This is a huge undertaking for these areas
My point is that electing Democrats is not enough. We cannot afford to elect centrists to continue to kneecap any and all legislation to the point that it is ineffective. It only proves the GOP talking point that government is ineffective.
Centrists only exist to appeal to the right and blame the left. Centrists 100% expect the full support of every leftist while they will do nothing to benefit them.
You’re getting downvoted but I agree. Neoliberals will do nothing but say slightly meaner words to Trump as he kidnaps their constituents.
it’s people like you that got trump elected
congratulations
haven’t you worked out politics yet?
Really?
It wasn’t the ineffective neoliberal policies that have done nothing to improve to lives of Americans?
What isn’t surprising is that centrist will blame everything on the people to their left.
Ask Hillary Clinton why she lost. It wasn’t her “I will attract suburban Republicans and I will do nothing else” campaign. It was the Bernie supporters.
Ask Kamala Harris why she lost. It wasn’t her “I will attract suburban Republicans and I will do nothing else” campaign. It was the leftists pointing out her support of genocide and neoliberalism.
Centrists are shameless liars that have no ability to look in the mirror.