Larry Wilson: What the Mamdani Win Means for the Democratic Party
NEW YORK CITY, JUL 04 – Zohran Mamdani won with 56% in ranked choice voting, driven by Millennials and Gen Z voters demanding change on housing, healthcare, and childcare, polls showed.
- Following his upset win, Mamdani gained support among younger and renter voters, with social media campaigns and influencer endorsements bolstering his grassroots momentum.
- Polls from Emerson and Marist show Mamdani starting at 1% and winning 56% of ranked-choice votes, leading under-45 voters by up to a 2:1 margin.
- In the wake of Mamdani’s victory, Democratic donors and party leaders expressed bipartisan criticism, while the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, endorsed Mamdani, highlighting internal party tensions.
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Syracuse’s Democratic leaders need to get with it, or get out of the way (Editorial Board Opinion)
Sharon Owens’ historic primary win last month last month leaves her poised to become Syracuse’s first Black woman mayor. She did it by dominating the polls across the city, winning 15 of the city’s 17 wards and 62% of the vote.
Max Rivlin-Nadler, Daniel Drake
The weekend before the thirty-three-year-old socialist Zohran Mamdani stunned Andrew Cuomo and the city of New York by winning a decisive victory in the mayoral primary race, the NYR Online published an assessment by Max Rivlin-Nadler of the powerful coalition that Mamdani drew together: “people who love New York City but struggle to keep living here.” Unlike the kind […]
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