Four Takeaways From Mamdani S Surprising Results The Washington Post

These are scary days for Democrats, as one put it to me recently. Democrats don’t have control of the White House, the House or the Senate. Nor do they have a clear leader or, arguably, a clear message — and their approval ratings are at historical lows. Armin Thomas and Lakshya Jain are partners at Split Ticket, an election data analysis firm. Zohran Mamdani pulled off a historic win in New York City by surging with groups that Democrats have been sliding with in recent years: infrequent, young, Hispanic and Asian voters. Updated on: November 21, 2025 / 11:39 PM EST / CBS New York

As New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wrapped up his high-stakes meeting with President Trump on Friday, the president said the two had a great conversation centered on the future of New York City. The two leaders spent half an hour answering questions from reporters in the Oval Office and highlighting some surprising areas of agreement. Here are the top four takeaways from the meeting. Mr. Trump and Mamdani have spent months criticizing each other. For two people who appeared, going into the meeting, to be at such loggerheads, the conviviality the two displayed, cracking jokes and offering friendly pats with one another, was surprising.

Is Democrats’ aversion to leaning left changing? ...... read full story Answer for your question of the article will be displayed here ... WASHINGTON − Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's Oval Office meeting turned into a surprising love fest between the two New Yorkers. On Nov.

21, Trump, the 79-year-old billionaire Republican president, warmly and repeatedly patted Mamdani's hand. Mamdani, 34, a democratic socialist, stood next to the seated president. Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Trump's native borough of Queens, made several references to how well Trump did in the 2024 presidential election in the city. The warm feelings marked a stark contrast after months of fighting in the press and social media. Trump once called for the arrest of Mamdani if he didn't help with the administration's sweeping immigration crackdown, and he declared he wouldn’t give federal money to New York over Mamdani’s leftist politics. Mamdani has called Trump a fascist and, in his victory speech, said he's ready to go toe-to-toe with the president, including over immigration.

(Trump has repeatedly restricted entry from from majority-Muslim countries; Mamdani will be New York City's first Muslim mayor.) After their first meeting, Trump said he’d readily live in Mamdani’s New York, and Mamdani said he looked forward to working with Trump on improving affordability in their shared hometown. “I expect to be helping him, not hurting him – a big help,” Trump said, “because I want New York City to be great.” Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s surprising win over Andrew M. Cuomo in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary. Plus, the status of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill in the Senate.

Mamdani’s primary win in New York excited progressives as the Democratic Party tries to find its footing after its 2024 losses. Host Colby Itkowitz talks with national enterprise reporter Sarah Ellison about whether Mamdani’s victory could be a road map for the party. They also talk with senior congressional reporter Paul Kane about whether the Senate will pass Trump’s big tax bill and how congressional Republicans have continued to cede power to the executive branch. Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and Reena Flores. It was mixed by Sean Carter.

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