On his way to becoming mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani put together a coalition of well-to-do liberals in Brownstone Brooklyn, working class and immigrant neighborhoods in Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn and Black voters across the city to pull off a decisive victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday. The Center for Urban Research at CUNY put together a detailed results map , which coupled with exit polling from a coalition of major media outlets offers some notable takeaways on voter behavior.
2 million voters!
This mayoral general election saw a stunning 84% increase in voter turnout compared to 2021. The city hasn’t seen 2 million voters show up since 1969, when incumbent John Lindsay won on the Liberal line after losing the Republican primary. While

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