New York is a great city and everything, but the city's politics and government are just all-around terrible. Between the idiocy of Cuomo and De Blasio, the socialist lunatics who are taking over the city and the worst-run elections in the country, just ugh.
No matter how much I hate Trump and Trumpism, I think Republicans are better at actually governing, and that's why I've stayed one. The single best pandemic response in the country came from a certain Republican governor that KaiserDave and I happen to be big fans of. People love to s**t on Florida, but the state's per capita death rate still remains far below that of New York. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REPORT ALL PRIMARY RESULTS ON ELECTION NIGHT!!!
I disagree with some of this, super agree with others. I love New York, but it’s badly run yes (the election showed this). However I don’t think it’s necessarily an issue of the far left, there are some ideas on the left I believe that are worth considering (particularly on schools, and the SHSAT). There are some out there yes, but I think the bigger issue is an overall failure of leadership from so many in government, and there is always the ever present corruption of city politics.
Unfortunately I have seen no Republican who I believe is moderate or competent enough, and the Republicans I do like today are almost always from New England and not the city and even they are few and far between.
