Author: Yashica Dutt
Published on: 03/07/2025 | 00:00:00
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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is the best candidate to fight for the city's marginalised and working classes. In both of those areas, more than 60 percent of residents are Black. On June 24 he scored an upset, winning New York’s Democratic mayoral primary. In precincts with a majority of Black residents, the pro-Cuomo number rose to 51 percent. Mamdani was a distant second among the nine possible candidates, with 11 percent support. Meanwhile, he came in third place in the poll among Black voters. Mamdani has served in the New York State Assembly since 2020. A New York Times analysis suggested that voters in their 20s and 30s turned out in significantly higher numbers than for the 2021 mayoral primary. That contributed to the highest overall Democratic primary turnout since 1989. John Gershman, a professor of public service at New York University, indicated that uncertainty can affect voter choices. He pointed out that low-income voters leaned rightwards towards Republican Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election despite Democrats having a stronger “anti-poverty element” in their agenda. Some conservative commentators seized upon The New York Times’ analysis to arrive at a different interpretation about why certain voters might perceive risk in Mamdani’s campaign. Republican strategist Karl Rove cited the statistics to argue that low-income voters may fear the tax burden that might accompany greater anti-poverty spending. No monoliths in election season Mandami is set to face Adams himself in November’s general elections. Mamdani has become the frontrunner in the race — and his campaign is likely to continue building its coalition, including through appeals to the demographics it may have lost in the primary. But in order to succeed, Color of Change executive director Portia Allen-Kyle believes that Mammdani needs to understand the spectrum of viewpoints in the Black community. Reverend Al Sharpton reflected on The New York Times' findings about Mamdani and the Black vote. Sharpton said Mamden's “courage” had won his support. “Any other kind of politician would have played against the Black community,” she said.
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