Mamdani S Support Goes Beyond New York Highlander

Democratic Socialist and state assemblyman has built his campaign around one central theme: affordability. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has emerged as a prominent figure in national politics, particularly among younger voters who according to recent polls are disillusioned with the current political system. The 34-year-old Democratic Socialist and state assemblyman has built his campaign around one central theme: affordability. Mamdani’s platform includes proposals to freeze rent for rent-stabilized units, construct 200,000 new affordable apartments, and create city-run grocery stores. He has also pledged to make city buses and childcare free initiatives aimed at easing the financial strain on working- and middle-class residents. While critics have called these policies unrealistic, they have attracted significant attention and support from voters under 35, both inside and outside New York City.

In the June primary, Mamdani achieved an upset victory over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Notably, voters aged 18 to 29 recorded the highest turnout of any age group, highlighting the strength of Mamdani’s appeal to younger demographics. Polls now show him as the frontrunner ahead of the upcoming general election. Researchers say Mamdani’s popularity among young people reflects a growing generational shift in American politics. “When a candidate is able to speak to the concerns of the populace and validate those concerns, that has a big impact especially on young voters,” said Ruby Belle Booth, who studies youth engagement... Booth noted that only 16 percent of Americans under 30 believe democracy is currently working for them, suggesting widespread frustration with traditional political structures.

It's been years since Democratic voter Leah Ash felt hopeful about a politician, but that changed recently. "He's been really the only bright spot for me this year," she said. "[He] wants to listen to the people he's seeking to govern." The 26-year-old is referring to Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, who has centered his campaign on affordability concerns. For that reason, he easily has Ash's vote — if only she lived in the city he was running in. Instead, she lives more than 1,200 miles away.

"I would like to believe one day there could be a Zohran Mamdani for Gulfport, Miss., but I don't think that's ever going to happen, at least not in my lifetime," Ash said, acknowledging... "But it gives me hope that it can happen in other places across the country." In just a few months, Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assemblyman and Democratic Socialist, has gone from a long-shot fringe candidate to a national figure — securing an upset win in the June primary, where... Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition committee has raised at least $3.7 million as it hurtles toward the lefty’s Jan. 1 inauguration, campaign officials said — far outpacing his predecessors’ pre-office hauls with mixed results. More than half of Mamdani’s nearly 30,000 transition donors hailed from outside New York, with 91 of those ponying up the maximum $3,700 donation, according to campaign finance records.

The committee has so far raised a haul that puts to shame those from outgoing Mayor Eric Adams and his predecessor Bill de Blasio’s first term. De Blasio’s 2014 transition committee raised $609,000, meaning Mamdani drew four times as much cash as his — at least until recently — favorite living mayor, records show. Adams did better, raising $967,000 ahead of his ascendance to City Hall in 2022, but still far short of his socialist successor. Zohran Mamdani is set to become the city's first Muslim mayor. After New York City chose Zohran Mamdani to become the city's 111th mayor, exit polls revealed that the mayor-elect captured the majority of votes from both the younger population and newcomers to the city. Some experts said Mamdani's success with these voters resulted from his campaign's messaging about challenging the status quo.

"He awakened something in them. That goes for the new voters and young voters, where they thought that they had to accept the status quo of politics as usual and things that are coming out of Washington, D.C., and... Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, captured 78% of voters under 30 and 66% of those voters 30 to 44 in Tuesday's election, according to ABC News exit polls, conducted by SSRS. Among voters 45 to 64, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo edged out Mamdani, 53% to 47%. A majority of voters 65 and older (55%) voted for Cuomo while 36% voted for Mamdani.

Additionally, newcomers to the city were some of the most likely voters in the state to vote for Mamdani, with 81% of those who have lived in New York City less than 10 years... Your support allows Common Dreams to continue covering the stories and amplifying the voices that the corporate media never will. Make a tax-deductible year-end gift to ensure we can sustain the reporting needed to meet the challenges of 2026. People hold signs as they attend a rally for New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at United Palace in Washington Heights in New York City on October 13, 2025. "We are here tonight because we are ready to turn the page on the cynical, broken, politics of the past,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James. Standing at a podium that displayed the words, "Our Time Has Come," Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and allies made clear on Monday night that the sign referred not only to...

Speakers at the rally included leaders who have emerged as targets of the Trump administration, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James, and people who have worked in government at the federal level,... Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife, Rama Duwaji, react to supporters during an election night watch party, Tuesday in New York. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent — as well as the youngest in over a century — to... "The future is in our hands," Mamdani declared to roaring applause Tuesday night at a victory celebration in Brooklyn.

"My friends, tonight we have toppled a political dynasty." The 34-year-old, Ugandan-born Democratic socialist defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday's election, according to a race call by the Associated Press. It's a remarkable ascent for Mamdani, who was a relatively unknown state assemblymember representing a district in Queens when he entered the crowded mayoral race last year. He went on to win June's Democratic primary by 12 percentage points, quickly becoming one of the country's most popular and polarizing politicians along the way.

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