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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. Fox News contributor Joe Concha sounds off on Zohran Mamdani for his socialist policies after securing the Democratic nomination in the New York mayoral primaries. The Washington Post editorial board warned on Thursday that democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's recent primary win in the New York City mayoral race is not only "bad" for New York, but also for the... The Post's editorial board argued that Mamdani's socialist policies could bring the city back to the "bad old days" and "discredit" the next generation of Democratic leaders. "New Yorkers should be worried that he would lead Gotham back to the bad old days of civic dysfunction, and Democrats should fear that he will discredit their next generation of party leaders, almost...

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Whatever you do, don’t extrapolate this result! Now they tell us. Or maybe I should say, “Now it can be told.” In an editorial Sunday, the Washington Post informs us that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is a dictatorial ideologue. He ran an “upbeat campaign, with a nice-guy demeanor and perpetual smile papering over a long history of divisive and demagogic statements.” This might have fooled voters into thinking he was a feel-good technocrat who’d fix the city.

But after being elected, the mask came off. “Across 23 angry minutes laced with identity politics and seething with resentment,” the editorial says, Mamdani made clear that he wants to identify “class enemies” — like landlords, and “bosses” who exploit workers —... New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani promised to address his city’s “crisis of antisemitism,” and he’s starting with his own advisers. On Thursday, Mamdani accepted the resignation of Catherine Almonte Da Costa, whose history of tweeting about “money hungry Jews” surfaced almost immediately after he announced her as director of appointments.

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