What does Zohran Mamdani’s failure to Andrew Cuomo mean for the Democrats

In 2002, New Yorker John Lahr visits Morningside Heights Mira Nairand noted her nine-year-old: “Zohran, the son of Nair’s chatty fighter, exudes a beloved charm and is known for dozens of coins (including Z, Zoru, Fadoose and Nonstop Mamdani).

Sometimes, early observation is a kind of observation of the trent foot. (Respected Charm!) The 2025 Sweat Summer is defined by 33-year-old Left State Councilor Nontpop Mamdani, who appeared to be on Tuesday night Win an amazing victory In the Mayor’s Democratic primary, a former governor was defeated and occupied the candidate field, most of whom were more mature and initially more well-known. Mamdani’s campaign said it had hit a million and a half doors across the city, not unprecedented in municipal political anniversary, but could be crucial for an unknown person. The candidate himself in the Tiktok series “Subway belt“A post-production show with Stephen Colbert. “In mid-June, Mamdani went from Inwood to Manhattan, beating former Governor Andrew Cuomo.Totally correctAnd, his relaxed smile, ubiquity, and his steady rise in polls, reflects the basic theme of the campaign, and life in New York does not necessarily have to be oppressed.

Even if Mamdani’s victory is based on the ultimate virtue of local politics, it can bring unmissable information to his tormented Nation Party: Be New. During the long and difficult years since Obama was elected, Democrats have been mainly from the upper class and inside out: the party’s three presidential candidates are Secretary of State Obama, Obama’s vice president, and Obama’s vice president. Joe Biden Age and vulnerability Defining last year’s general election may also threaten to define the party for a generation. Even in the past spring, House Democrats won the votes they might have won for passing the Big Beautiful Budget Investigation Act because too many congressmen have recently passed away to be replaced

There is a hint of possibility now. Donald Trump Over the past six months, he has been very effective in abandoning his brand as a populist to become a more comfortable position on the direct right. Trump lets go of the world’s richest people A blitz in a hurry Oppose civil servants; despite years of hope for peace and “America”, he ordered impulsive Bombing Iran Under pressure from family and Israel’s allies; current iterationBig beautiful bill”, now on the verge of the passage of the Senate, will deprive millions of Americans of health insurance in order to bring inadequate tax breaks for the rich; although he ran and won the election by opposing Biden’s inflation, he was fixed in the pre-election situation. Trump will bring more weddings.

As supporters of Mamdani may hope, does the Democrats necessarily mean a shift to the left? TBD’s clear left-wing governance experiments so far (opposing the principled backstage of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) have a poor attitude towards the party. In Chicago, Brandon JohnsonOne and a half years, because the mayor is very disastrous, this is measured both by the city’s budget crisis and its own popularity. Chesa Boudin’s A short term As San Francisco reveals progressive district attorney ends with a voter referendum, and Technology rebound This helps promote Trump’s victory in the 2024 election. (Michelle Wu, the young Mayor of Boston and former Elizabeth Warren, offers a more pragmatic and successful model.) Last spring, Michael Bloomberg was there, where Michael Bloomberg led the poorly conscious stompingers of the rich to support lethargic and humiliating cuomo, fear of Mamdani, fear of Mamdani, fear of Mamdani, in the times, era: ”the the hys nys nys nys nys nys nys nys nys nys nys nys nys ””’ CEO Wylde, the New York City Partnership CEO advocates on behalf of business leaders, he told CNBC at the beginning. Even Ocasio-Cortez, a natural ally who recognized him in early June, pointed out that if elected, Mamdani would need to succeed with more experienced staff. Albany City Hall – These have been a fortress of political domination for centuries. Is this really the guys left in the contemporary place and this place?

If Mamdani wins the election in November, he will start as the most likely winner, but it is uncertain that his political destiny and what it means to his party will depend on his ability to actually improve his ability to correctly determine his affordable crisis in New York. (His electoral league is not as poor as the younger ones – Cuomo has performed well among the richest and poorest New Yorkers, but Mandani scored among those under 45.) Trump will certainly see him as a target. Mamdani’s proposal for rent freezing proved popular on the campaign, but Bill de Blasio freezes three times, which hardly makes housing in New York cheaper. Other ideas seem to be somewhat fantasy (building grocery stores run by five cities), or are politically difficult (tax rate hikes). During the campaign, Mamdani sometimes looked more flexible than his socialist image—for example, he was interested in how to build more housing sprouting in a rich movement and cutting down on traditional tape festivals for small businesses—but his affordability program still poses the dangers of many people becoming more fanatical.

However, political changes often depend not only on the tectonic movement of demographics, but not on the arrival of new figures. Mamdani will be the presumptive Democratic candidate (the final result of the ranking abacus is still pending.) It is not destined at all. Other more prominent young politicians could have felt the weakness and runs of Eric Adams and Cuomo: thirty-five-year-old Ocasio-Cortez; thirty-seven-year-old centrist Ritchie Torres (friend of development and loud defender of Israeli reasons); or actually an ancient forty-four-year-old pragmatist Jessica TischAs a former health commissioner and now serving as police chief, he is arguably the two most successful urban programs since Universal Pre-K: containerization of garbage and the ongoing reduction of violent crime. If any of them decide to run, their candidates may propose a completely different democratic future. But part of political talent is recognizing opportunities, and Mamdani clearly sees three things: As the city’s main problem, the cost of living outweighs public safety, which makes people favor ruthless people, and this generational change (however late) will surely happen eventually. ♦