Mamdani Won the Coalition Nobody Expected

Zohran Mamdani just pulled off something remarkable in New York City.

A few months ago, he was unknown to most New Yorkers and polling in the single digits in the Democratic primary for this year’s mayoral race.

This week the 34-year-old democratic socialist didn’t just win the mayor’s race—he shattered turnout records, assembled a coalition that defied conventional political categories, and revealed fault lines in American economic life that neither party has adequately addressed .

Over a million New Yorkers voted for Mamdani, the highest total for any mayoral candidate since 1969. He won with around 80 percent of the vote in Prospect Heights and Park Slope, and saw similar support in Bushwick, Williamsburg, and Fort Greene. His support sw

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