New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, once a figure of contention among leaders from both major political parties, has seen a remarkable surge in his political standing just six months into office.

The 34-year-old democratic socialist, a prominent figure on the progressive left, has garnered unexpected praise from both Donald Trump and New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

He has also emerged as the face of the region’s sports renaissance. Now, days before New York’s primary elections,

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    16 days ago

    This is how MAGA took over the republicans.

    Now we just have to convince leftists to get out and vote in the primaries and generals which might be a chore.

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      Except the leftists did vote that’s why he’s there? Maybe it’s because he wasn’t a shit tier neo-liberal candidate like the Democrats have put up in the last election.

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            I imagine you’ll struggle to find any locally elected politician anywhere who got a bigger turnout than that for the presidential race.

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              There were early voting options in that election.

              Mamdani was very lucky because the incumbent, Adams, got caught in a major scandal before the election.

              But even running against a know sex offender and a radio DJ he only garnered 51% of the vote.

              Things are different now that he’s been elected, but let’s not pretend that he was swept in by a giant Progressive wave.

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                    Trump never stood against a progressive. I agree there’s no progression wave, but Mamdani did not just get lucky. He took care of people’s concerns better.