New York City voters just gave us a glimpse of the Democratic Party’s future — and it looks to voters like more crime than common sense.

Our new American Pulse poll finds Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani still leading the fractured 2025 mayor’s race at 36.9 percent. His support is durable, but not overwhelming. And it cracks the moment crime and public safety enter the conversation.

When voters learn about his “defund the police” record and his push to disband the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group — the same unit that responded to the Midtown mass shooting — 58 percent say they’re less likely to support him. A stunning 85 percent of New Yorkers say crime is a problem; nearly half call it a serious problem.

Now we can see why. Mamdani’s latest idea is to end enforcement of all misdemeanor charge

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