Democrat Socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani received the New York Metropolis mayoral race, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa after a marketing campaign outlined by nationwide consideration, polling leads all through the autumn, and public debate over his financial, immigration, and overseas coverage positions.
Mamdani — whose identify appeared twice on the New York Metropolis poll on account of a number of social gathering traces, a routine apply distinctive to the town’s poll construction — entered Election Day with constant polling benefits.
Impartial surveys discovered Mamdani at 43 % assist going into the ultimate weekend, with Cuomo trailing and Sliwa in third. Separate polling additionally confirmed that if the race had narrowed to a two-way matchup, Cuomo would have led head-to-head. As well as, the Manhattan Institute polling discovered Mamdani at 43 % to Cuomo’s 28 % in a single survey, and main when undecided voters have been eliminated.
Hollywood involvement marked the ultimate hours earlier than voting, with performers and celebrities together with Ilana Glazer, Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Klein, Jeff Hillier, George Takei, Mandy Patinkin, and Cynthia Nixon publicly collaborating in pro-Mamdani efforts. Michael Moore urged turnout nationwide. Different figures, together with Amy Schumer and Marc Anthony, inspired New Yorkers to again Cuomo.
Nationwide political figures engaged immediately. President Donald Trump repeatedly urged voters to assist Cuomo, warning that selecting Sliwa would profit Mamdani. Trump additionally said he would restrict federal funding to New York if Mamdani received.
Cuomo famous that Trump was not supporting him personally however was rejecting Mamdani, emphasizing that Trump believes Mamdani is a “Communist” whereas he himself characterised Mamdani as a “Socialist.” Former RNC chairman and North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley contended on Breitbart Information Day by day that Mamdani’s financial concepts, together with tax will increase and his method to policing, would “run New York into the grime.”
Rep. Mike Lawler warned that Mamdani’s platform — together with elevating taxes by about $9 billion, “seizing the technique of manufacturing,” ending non-public property, abolishing billionaires, defunding the NYPD, eliminating the gang database, and refusing NYPD federal cooperation — would jeopardize New York’s financial and safety posture and will set off a mass exodus.
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