Zohran Mamdani, Democrats
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Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary is a warning that emotional appeal has replaced intellectual rigor in politics, and that reckless ideas are being favored over
Ignorant of history and indoctrinated by leftism, these voters forget Thatcher’s warning: ‘The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out
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Well-educated white progressives have been taught to feel guilty about their identity and fed an expectation that they’re up against so many challenges that they can’t possibly get
Arab-Jewish actor Ari'el Stachel criticized New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for not doing enough to address antisemitism within his base.
But in New York, it worked as politics. And Mamdani's appeal to young voters is real, and other politicians, especially on the left, are no doubt watching.
Mamdani’s revolutionary appeal is ironic. According to the New York T imes, he performed best among middle- and high-income voters, leading by 10 points or more among those groups. Cuomo, by contrast, led among low-income households.
Zohran Mamdani released a video of himself interviewing people on the street in Queens and the Bronx who had voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election the previous week. It was one of the first of the viral posts that propelled him into the spotlight and ultimately helped him all but capture the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York.
Mamdani's surprise win over Cuomo in NYC's Democratic mayoral primary ignites debate about the party's future and becomes ammunition for Republican attacks.
Beyond his social media talent and approaches on affordability and Israel, there’s a key underlying trend: Democratic voters have been inching to the left for years.
Former New York Gov. David Paterson (D) on Sunday compared Zohran Mamdani’s success as the city’s Democratic mayoral candidate to the political rise of President Trump a decade prior. “The ...