Nithya Raman is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. We found 3 threads in 2 different communities, starting at Nov 5, 01:19 UTC; r/news and r/politics carry most of the discussion. That adds up to around 18.4K upvotes and 521 comments.
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- Bloomberg: DSA’s Raman Beats Bass in Los Angeles Mayor Race, DDHQ Projects
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman won the mayor’s race, ousting incumbent Karen Bass and putting a democratic socialist in charge of the second-largest US city.
- NBC News: Democratic socialist Nithya Raman defeats Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor’s race
NBC News projects the progressive City Council member has unseated Bass, a fixture of California Democratic politics who served one term as mayor.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/news | 1 | 17,949 | 459 | Nov 5, 17:49 UTC |
| r/politics | 2 | 486 | 62 | Nov 5, 01:19 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Democratic socialist Nithya Raman defeats Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor’s racer/news · 17,949 upvotes · 459 comments · Nov 5, 17:49 UTC · NBC News
- DSA’s Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayor Race, DDHQ Projectsr/politics · 485 upvotes · 61 comments · Nov 5, 01:19 UTC · Bloomberg
- Democratic socialist Nithya Raman defeats Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor’s racer/politics · 1 upvotes · 1 comments · Nov 5, 17:45 UTC · NBC News
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/politics: “DSA’s Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayor Race, DDHQ Projects”
- The story reaches r/news: “Democratic socialist Nithya Raman defeats Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor’s race”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/news (17,949 upvotes, 459 comments by our last count).
How this page is made
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