Aidan Vanhoof

Election day this year was outstanding. Genuinely, just, outstanding–but maybe not perfect: Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, came to power in NYC; but Mrs. Sherrill, a veteran and Democratic Congresswoman, is a devout moderate unlikely to enact real, lasting, or meaningful change. Her platform was nothing remarkable, new, or interesting. Her rallies preached anti-Trumpism without any platform seriously addressing inequality, climate change, or anything else of the sort beyond band-aid solutions—existential threats in many ways to not only American democracy (a debatable term given land has a bigger political say than humans) but to the foundations to our society. However, as someone not terribly averse to lesser-evilism, I absolutely do not oppose Sherrill, who has become a bulwark against Republican interests. Alongside Mamdani, I sincerely hope she delivers. And as a random idealistic 20-year-old on the internet, I wish them luck.