Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country.

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.

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    541·
    3 months ago

    One of the more interesting polls out of this was whether voters were casting in support of or against a candidate.

    86% of Mamdani voters were voting out of support of their candidate.

    Half of Cuomo voters were voting against another candidate. (Mamdani.)

    Voting against a candidate is a losing strategy.

      • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        3 months ago

        Or brand. Lets go with branding, after a good hog tie when they try to run away. They aren’t the best trained of critters.

    • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      3 months ago

      ZombiFrancis is a great username.
      Kudos. Francis wasnt perfect but he seemed to try harder than average popes.

    • jaselle@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      A long-term losing strategy, yet short term it normally reliably drums up support in the kind of range that can tip an election. Quite eye-opening to me that an election can still be won with far-from-center politics.

      • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.worldEnglish
        132·
        3 months ago

        I don’t think anyone would vote for a tired, disabled trans woman with two strokes and two jobs, who has nothing more than an associates degree.

        But I will do what I can.

  • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    3 months ago

    From dead war criminals to this, lots of good news today! Not necessarily making up for everything, but I’ll take it.

    Prop 50 should be a done deal too, yeah?

  • SaraTonin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    3 months ago

    Okay. Commentators have been saying for a while that a victory for him could be a signal of the American left learning that actually progressive policies and candidates can be successful and on the Democrats as a whole actually moving to the left. Let’s hope that that’s actually true, rather than it being dismissed as “New York’s different”.

    Hopefully, the recent buzz around AOC will help, too. I’ve been seeing more of Crockett in the news, as well.

    We’ll see. This is definitely a very positive move, though.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      It’s a good step. We need to see action now. I think the reaction from the rest of the country is not encouraging that this is the falling of small stones that will start an avalanche. Not yet. Let’s see him govern and let’s see others like him step up.

  • nao@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    Looking forward to see if all the people that announced they would leave NYC if he won are going to keep their promise.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Did you see that silly article with Gov. Abbot of TX indicating that people who left NYC would have to pay a tariff to enter TX?

      • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        3 months ago

        Texas has a tiny net mirgation rate. Its not much of a threat. Its a shithole state, like most states with republican leadership. Musk is trying to get back into the bay area as we speak, and a lot of people who moved there from California for a cheaper life have found that its no cheaper than California, and less comfortable of a place in nearly every way-- so they are moving back again at great expense.

    • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      agreed, gtfo to all the people who said they’d leave, and dont come back.

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    Did you guys hear about the one time he broke up with his girlfriend in high-school?! Gave her the whole it’s not you, it’s me line. How could anyone vote for that!

  • canofcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    3 months ago

    The real concern is that with 8 million potential voters, NYC barely breaks 2 million.

    This is why it’s always such a toss-up between fascism and normalcy - because too many people are complacent.

    • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Maybe because voting in a week day is troublesome? In most countries, elections are held on weekends. I don’t understand why “the land of the free” does it differently.

      • canofcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Yep, and as always, the hardest working and least well-off are punished by a system that either doesn’t have them in mind or purposefully excludes them.

        Would love to know shift-workers are expected to vote when they work 7-7 or whatever else. Night workers that sleep most of the day, etc.

  • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    It has been fucking glorious to see racist white men foaming at the mouths in a psychotic tantrum over this.

    Their pain and tears brings good vibes and energy unto us all