Zohran Mamdani has won the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, after a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.
Mamdani focused heavily on affordability, pledging to freeze rent, establish city-owned grocery stores and make buses free for riders. He quickly became a progressive icon as well as a polarizing figure within the party over his positions, so much so that it divided prominent New York Democratic leadership over whether to endorse him.
It is crazy what giving people to vote for something instead just against someone can do. Mamdani had to take on a class on billionaires and the old DNC leadership he who didn’t want to back him. It is funny af to see Chuck the leader of Dems show vote blue no matter who was fake. He most likely voted for Cuomo.
“It’s crazy what giving people something to cote for versus just something to vote against can do.”
I agree with your sentiment it’s just the sentence broke me.
Someone uttered the words, “Bernie is unelectable”, and everyone jumped ship.
Think of a comparison between Trump and Bernie and the take away is that Bernie is the unelectable one…