Mamdani has repeatedly been asked to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which is universally interpreted as a call to arms against Jews. He never does. “It’s ultimately not language that
PROGRESSIVES Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist candidate for mayor of New York City, with state Attorney General Letitia James during a Pride march in June. James won a $454 million judgment against President Trump over allegations of faulty business practices.
city hall in America, they ponder, be handed over to someone who led a march for the Palestinians on the day after Oct. 7 and repeatedly vowed to arrest Israeli Prime Minis- ter Benjamin Netanyahu if he came to New York? Mamdani has repeatedly been
asked to condemn the phrase “glo- balize the intifada,” which is uni- versally interpreted as a call to arms against Jews. He never does.
I would use,” he replied on Meet the Press. “The language that I use, the language I used to lead this city is that which speaks clearly my intent, grounded in the belief of universal human rights.” As a foreign-born American, Mamdani can never run for presi- dent. But as he emerges as a national figure at a quicksilver pace, the ques- tion being asked is, what impact will he have on the Democratic Party and its candidates nationwide? His opinions and heritage aside, Mamdani was particularly intrigu- ing to pundits and pols nationwide because of his appeal to the young and assumed-to-be apathetic voters. Data showed that 18- to 29-year-
olds led the turnout in the New York primary — light years removed from the 2021 mayoral primary, when the majority of voters were over 60, according to the City Board of Elec- tions.
This youth vote helped him ener-
gize voters in predominantly Asian and Hispanic districts and mobilize blowout margins in such gentri- fied neighborhoods as Ridgewood,
Queens (80% of the vote for Mamda- ni), and Bushwick, Brooklyn (79%). Mamdani, a onetime rapper
known as Mr. Cardamom, energized his youthful base, appearing on Tik- Tok series like SubwayTakes and Gaydar (where the comedian Anania always asks guests if they are gay or straight) and stumping on street cor- ners in English, Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu (Pakistan’s national language). “He is an extremely talented com- municator with a fairly standard pro- gressive agenda,” said Dan Schnur, professor at the University of Cali- fornia Berkeley Institute of Govern- mental Studies and onetime top aide to former California GOP Gov. Pete Wilson. But Schnur quickly added that Mamdani “ran in a deep-blue urban metropolis against a scandal- plagued career politician.” Mamdani could certainly help reenergize the Democrat base, and serve to remind them of the importance of focusing on economic policy rather than iden- tity politics. “But Democrats running in com-
petitive races next year will want to keep him at a great distance.”
Over 35% of New Yorkers couldn’t vote in that primary, but they likely will in November.
radical than Johnson, and his only management experience consists of running a staff of three as part of his job as a New York state assemblyman. The city has a public employee workforce of 306,000 people. Three: Can Mamdani be
defeated? He may have won a majority
of Democrat primary voters, but only just over a million New
Yorkers voted out of the 5.1 million who are registered. Over 35% of New Yorkers
couldn’t vote in that primary, but they likely will in November when the stakes are so high. An early July Honan Strategy
Group poll shows Mamdani with only 39% of the vote in a divided November general election. Sheinkopf says that many groups with low turnout in
the primary can be energized to turn out with the right campaign. Mamdani’s description of himself as “a progressive, South Asian Muslim immigrant” is appealing to young hipsters, but working- class voters struggling to raise families have more practical concerns. Cuomo won Black and poorer neighborhoods and came close to carrying
Hispanics. Jewish voters make up 12% to 15% of the city’s population, and many of those will be triggered to vote by Mamdani’s anti- Israeli statements and radical associates. “New York City used to be
the city where, once you win the Democratic primary, it was over,” E. O’Brien Murray, a political strategist who’s worked for both Democrats and Republicans, tells The New York Sun. “But that is not what’s happening this year.”
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