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18 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
NYC ranked choice voting made easy:
1. @MayaWiley--Far and away the best choice by virtue of vision, intellect, experience, compassion.
2. Garcia--Not bad but unlikely to drive needed change.
3. Morales--Not gonna happen, but smarter and more lively than those who follow
4. Donovan-Revenge of the Nerds does not end w/one becoming NYC Mayor. Earnest,but that's it.

Big gap. I mean, really big.

Tied for last. Yang-Out of touch huckster with zero experience.
Tied for last. McGuire-Wall St's hopeless idea of what a Trojan horse mayor looks like.
Tied for last. Adams--Bad ideas, dubious ties, old school in many of the worst ways.

It should be pretty clear how to do this, NYC.
p.s. Don't rank the ones cited as "Tied for Last" under any circumstances on your ballot, New Yorkers.

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