Doordash wasted 1 million on trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani in the NY run for mayor

Imagine that 1 million going to better wages instead of politics. No matter, Mamdani is in the lead. Turns out, bribery doesn't work. Haha losers. In NY, app delivery drivers now have one of the most dangerous jobs in the city delivering billion dollars worth of goods every week and I can attest to that. To make any money you gotta be fast 🏃‍♂ 💯 or otherwise you won't earn that cash. Not to mention people pets in the yard which could pose a danger, having to watch your back from getting robbed for goods, dangerous areas, having to hike all the goods up flights of stairs, the people that don't tip. It's a hazardous job.

Shame on door dash and I'm glad they just pointlessly wasted 1 million dollars, good.

https://ny.eater.com/labor-news/399708/andrew-cuomo-doordash-zohran-mamdani-wins-democratic-primary-los-deliveristas-unidos-election

Mamdani had received the approval of Los Deliveristas Unidos, a group organizing the some 65,000 app-based delivery workers who “transport billions of dollars of goods each year yet do not benefit from minimum wage or workplace safety protections because they are classified as independent contractors,” according to their website.

In addition to advocating for the minimum wage to increase to $30 per hour by 2030, another one of Mamdani’s campaign promises was to regulate delivery apps: “Traveling around the city at breakneck speeds, app-based delivery workers now hold the most dangerous job in NYC. Despite the immense risks these workers face every day, deliveristas — 80,000 Black, brown, and immigrant workers — are exploited by the app companies who demand they complete deliveries at a dangerous pace,” Mamdani stated as part of his platform.

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fun4us2b · M

Don't ask for what you wish for....people are already stressed and with increased prices and longer waits, people will go get it themselves - leaving those he wants to help with no work....I'm not 100% sure of this - but it seems like the truth is somewhere in the middle...

This industry has exploded since COVID and I am more worried about getting hit by a bicycle than by a car anymore....

LeopoldBloom · M

As Elon Musk learned, money doesn't always buy elections. Mamdani ran a good campaign. We'll see how that works in the general election.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@LeopoldBloom Yeah that's the only thing is that I don't know how it's going to work. I'm not sure, I get the fear that democrats have regarding him as he could potentially become cannon fodder for conservatives but I think we need to install people who are going to be heavy hitters in office. He's young and spicy 🔥 we really need people who will fight hard with dirt under their nails.

The democrats are more soft spoken I noticed and so they get ignored a lot. It's not a bad thing, I think some have better intentions than conservatives but they also give in way too easy.

We need people to stand on business but in a good kind of way and not a narcissistic kind of blow hard way. We just need people who will not back down that's all. Democrats give up way too easy and are too soft spoken.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

No idea why they got involved in the election, but at least the money got spent and distributed into the economy, supporting probably hundreds or more jobs, instead of just given to their corporation executives as bonuses or higher salaries.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@ChipmunkErnie I dunno where doordash's money was spent, it could have all gone to the opposing parties campaign and if that's the case, it's not really going to the economy lol if you're spending it on people trying to canvass for you.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@SatanBurger If it went to a campaign and was spent it was spent on people's salaries, buying office supplies (which creates jobs), TV ads (which create jobs), etc.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@ChipmunkErnie But they could use that for their delivery drivers since they have a dangerous job. Furthermore those jobs end when the campaign ends.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

Wow. They just lost me as a customer, and I was pretty loyal.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@LordShadowfire I didn't realize door dash was political lol

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tenente · 36-40, M

nyt op-ed: we cannot normalize the left’s brazen attempt to win voters by talking to them 😂

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@tenente At least Mamdani actually put fourth policies that can make people's lives better instead of whining about lgbt people and the left so much. I grow tired of that 😫

Not aiming at you but generally, there's no actionable policies anymore and it's nice to get things moving to what other countries already have.

We have to move forward, it just has to happen.

tenente · 36-40, M

@SatanBurger nyt bias against left wing politics is laughable,.. i was just having fun. sorry

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@tenente Its okay 👍

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