NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Zohran Mamdani: ‘Working-Class’ Mayor for Upper Class Voters.
Yes, the mayoral hopeful’s campaign has masterfully mobilized an energetic base. But the “unprecedented coalition” in question are not made up of the paycheck-to-paycheck New Yorkers that he wants us to believe.
The electoral map doesn’t just fail to reflect his working-class coalition – it flips it. It shows a victory carried by the very neighborhoods his story skips over.
New Yorkers in areas where the median income is above $117,600 backed Mr. Mamdani by 13 points. Middle-income precincts followed right behind. Lower-income New Yorkers? They broke just as hard for Cuomo instead.
Whiter, wealthier, more ideologically driven New Yorkers are certainly overrepresented in this primary. Take Flatbush and East Flatbush – two neighborhoods situated together with comparable populations. Gentrified Flatbush opted for Mamdani by 16 points, versus the Caribbean-dominated East Flatbush, which preferred Cuomo by 37 points.
The difference? About 5,000 more Flatbush voters participated in the primary. Mr. Mamdani’s win simply reflects a truism about primaries: Affluent ideologues appear in droves until the general election resets the balance.
He’s the well-to-do fool’s idea of a populist.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN):
The Chicago Circle remains undefeated pic.twitter.com/OtNHciJtCx
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 25, 2025
Plus:
Now the two flagship cities of the Anglo world will have radical Muslim mayors a quarter century after 9/11.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 26, 2025