Vox Populi:

Mamdani’s win is a historic victory for the left over a powerful, moneyed coalition of forces that aimed to defeat him.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, marking a historic win for the left over a high-powered, moneyed coalition of establishment forces that came together in hopes of defeating him.

The race was called by the Associated Press just 34 minutes after polls closed on Tuesday night, with Mamdani nine points ahead of the next runner up, disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with 75 percent of the vote counted. More than 2 million people voted before polls closed on Tuesday night — a level of turnout the city’s mayoral election has not seen since 1969.

Mamdani, slated to be inaugurated on January 1, is one of just a handful of self-proclaimed socialists to win the mayoral election in New York City. He is also the first Muslim person to ever win the seat for the largest city in the U.S. 

Go to link