Mike Bloomberg’s my mayor. And I like him. But what’s his appeal nationally exactly? Seems to me that his electoral success was heavily based on the unique partisan dynamics of recent New York City history in which a relatively normal Republican (in this case, someone like Mike, who was actually a Democrat but became a Republican to run for mayor) can run and win by playing off the entrenched interests controlling the Democratic party. In other words, as the Democrat he actually was New Yorkers might have voted for Bloomberg for various offices. But the only way he was going to get on the ballot, for various reasons, was as a Republican.
I’m not sure how those dynamics play nationally, though a billion dollars, admittedly, buys a lot of traction.
This Pew poll shows his nationwide appeal is quite modest.
