that caused chaos - cited by the election board:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/nyregion/adams-garcia-wiley-mayor-ranked-choice.html

Ultimately - Adams defeated Garcia by a razor thin margin (50.4% to 49.6%) in a hotly contested race after the dust settled. To try and draw some huge conclusion from this and say that voters categorically rejected progressivism is silly. Had some votes gone the other way - would it be the case that Nyers categorically rejected Adams? No.

My point is: regardless of ideology and even policy - Adams resonated well with voters and was a perfect candidate for NYC in the moment (particularly with crime on the rise). Him coming out wearing NYPD garb flanked by cops played with a ton of voters - who cared more about that than any substantive policy prescription.

>In my mind he is a progressive but that's by my standards, but
>most of OKP and self described progressives would probably
>considered me a centrist establishment type.
>
>I think Biden is into him because they want to be the
>prototype for the type of democrats they want to run in 2022.
>I think they want more candidates to talk about crime like he
>does.

Voters like no non-sense politicians - in general. Adams fits the bill there - but I think there are voters across the board who are unsatisfied with "tough on crime" rhetoric that doesn't acknowledge the need for meaningful police reform.