"Boogeyman narrative": Columbia professors call out Eric Adams over "outside agitators" trope
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He won by 7k votes in a city of 8 million.
404,513 to 397,316.
I would've preferred Wiley but either her or Garcia would've made loads better as a mayor.
Problem is there was this constant barrage of news stories tilting the election in his favor: deliberate fearmongering about crime to pump up his popularity.
Such bullshit but it was definitely enough to swing 7k votes... if not 70k+.