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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.

In a victory for the Democratic party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.

With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.

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[–] Cassanderer@thelemmy.club 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Look at biden's election, a few hundred thousand people, three of those 5 states by 30k.

One would think they would have tried to be popular after that.

People do not realize what is at stake and how both sides will fail them generally, or how tjey will not fail them as with mamdani.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 33 minutes ago

You don't have to flip a lot of votes to steal an election, just the right number, in the right places. That's how you end up with Trump at the top of an otherwise straight Democratic ticket. Both Dems and Republicans claim there were millions of them, and they were all concentrated in the swing states, for some unexplained reason.

And yet, I've never met one of those split ticket voters, nor have I ever seen one on TV. Have you?

Split tickets in the Swing States. That's according to both parties, who agree that the one election that was necessary to keep Trump out of prison was the only thing in his entire life that he DIDN'T cheat on, and the election was "Fair & Square."