New Yorkers Aren’t Afraid of a Democratic Socialist Mayor

According to a New York City ranked optional vote tally, 56% of New Yorkers supported Democrat socialists for their Democratic nominations. The results released on Tuesday gave Zohran Mamdani An overwhelming 56-44 victory Through former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, he confirmed that Mamdani’s campaign had overturned not only the calculus of city politics in New York City, but also the calculus of the National Democrats, who are struggling to pinpoint ideological directions following the 2024 election setback.

Mamdani’s grassroots campaign helped boost the highest turnout in the democratic mayoral primary Since 1989. He secured something impressive 545,334 main votes In the third round of the ranked choice voting process, he declared, “Democrats spoke in a clear voice and conveyed the mandate of a leader who is not afraid to fight back against the rising authoritarianism.” He also achieved a much-tracked goal of the left. Tens of thousands The new voters, Especially young votersto the opinion poll.

Mamdani’s drastic victory came after the campaign he was in. and His opponents were completely clear about where the 33-year-old state legislator came from.

Two days before New York City’s June 24 primary, Cuomo made a desperate attempt at scaring Democrats and endorsed a surge in rivals’ surge in name recognition and single-digit poll numbers. The former governor used the word “S.” caveat The party has complained that “it is carried over to this left-to-left socialist mentality,” and that his ideological rival wanted to do things like “invest all the money in education.”

Cuomo’s attack was more than just a hail mary of the race. In the long course of New York City’s campaign for a democratic nod, the Caomo Camp and the Political Action Committee of Free Expenses that supported it, left doubting that Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Webb du Bois, March 1963, Washington Organizers March A. Philip Randolph and Bayardo Vising had the pledge of merit. Economic and Social Justice in the United States. Particularly media outlets New York Post–Highlighted All “Strict warnings to New Yorkers about the selection of socialist mayoral candidates.”

However, Mamdani refused to do a scary run. he I explained it About Primary Bloomberg “I’m a democratic socialist. Yes. After Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, when I finally had a language to describe how I saw the world, and when I explained how I had to believe in the world, I began calling myself. Cuomo complained that Mamdani’s program was “just a fantasy,” but Mamdani leaned over an ambitious platform and offered a costly plan to tax rich and multinational companies to pay for a lot of education.

Mamdani puts an exclamation point on things by welcoming the active support of American democratic socialist campaigners in New York. and supporters of two of the nation’s most prominent democratic socialists, Sanders, I-vermont and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York.

By the end of the primary campaign, New Yorkers were getting to know Mamdani and his agenda, and they approved it. Still, his critics still thought that attaching a socialist label would disqualify a mayoral candidate for the first time in the eyes of New York City voters. They were grossly wrong. The initial election results were not even close. Mamdani finished ahead of Cuomo, who the former governor admitted on election night, at 44% to 36%.

The headline identified the mum tick as the winner long before the end of the ranked selection process. map About where and how the Mandani won. Lawmakers carried Brooklyn with an astounding 17 points, maintaining a comfortable lead in vote-rich Manhattan and Queens. Certainly, Mamdani won so many diverse regions of the vast city that he said on election night he “won from Harlem to Bayridge. He won from Jackson Heights to Port Richmond. He won from Maspeth to Chinatown.”

That surprised the editors Posts, On Wednesday morning after the presidency, “Who will save City after Cuomo hits Cuomo in NYC SOS: Dem Mayoral Primary?” Fox News and other conservative media picked up the phone, referring to Mamdani’s suggestion to make rent, transport and food more affordable as “some kind of madman.” President Trump It is labeled as a mum tick “100% Communist Madman” in the post-primary truth social post, quickly evaluated by scholars and fact directors. “error.” (He also questioned Mamdani’s citizenship. He threatened to arrest him If Mamdani prevents New York from working with ice agents. ) US Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, Cling About the choices made by voters. “I never thought New York would elect a self-proclaimed socialist to lead a city that is the global epicenter of capitalism. That’s why I was very surprised.”

But she shouldn’t be surprised. The issue has been sued in major campaigns, including debate, television appearances, television ads and mail. It was in the media as a whole. But voters were not discouraged. They said, “This whole race was about the issue of affordability, and I finally ran a campaign where the city government actually had to offer that affordable price in the world’s richest cities and the wealthiest countries.”