With President Donald Trump threatening to flood their communities with federal troops and immigration police, and the Democratic Party struggling in the national polls, voters in major U.S. cities head to the polls today to choose between establishment Democrats and progressives focused on affordability and upending the status quo.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor of New York City has garnered the most attention, both from national media and from Trump.

In addition to Republican Curtis Sliwa, Mamdani is up against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary — and who now has Trump’s explicit endorsement .

Trump, who is increasingly unpopular in polls, previously reportedly tried to push Sliwa a

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