Majority of Americans Support Mamdani’s Affordability Proposals, Poll Finds

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s affordability platform is broadly popular with Americans across the U.S., new polling finds, adding evidence to the notion that politicians looking for winning ideas should consider tacking to the left.

Polling of 1,133 American adults conducted by YouGov in the days surrounding Mamdani’s decisive win in New York City’s mayoral election finds majority support for all of the major tenets of Mamdani’s platform, undercutting criticisms from the right and center that Mamdani’s proposals would only be popular in a left-leaning, expensive place like New York City.

Mamdani’s proposal for publicly-owned grocery stores, for instance, was highly criticized by the media and pundits. But the polling found that 57 percent of Americans say they support such a