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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.

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[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 51 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] tyranical_typhon@lemmings.world 33 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I'd love to see AOC win the nomination in 2028, but we're already seeing swaths of morons trying to get us to 'fall in line' for an establishment candidate.

I genuinely have no idea why people are still so stupid after all that's transpired, but it's really lowered my expectations of them going forward.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 points 9 hours ago

Let's just have a primary without the DNC's finger on the scale, and see how it shakes out.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 8 hours ago

Are there still people out there moaning that "Americans won't vote for a woman," despite, y'know, Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote in 2016?

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

My cynicism never wavered on the stupidity capable of the human race

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 22 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I do hope they'll realize that concrete policy proposals are such a huge part of what won here, not just Mamdani's ideology or personality. The interview where he was asked about the bus plan being feasible was amazing, he had examples and numbers to back it up. It wasn't just an "it would be cool" idea.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Competence is so rare in modern politics, that just doing what you're supposed to do is seen as extraordinary.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Unfortunately yes.