New York primaries show Zohran Mamdani has lost none of his political magic
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#76H99)
The New York Knicks might have won in five, but the city's mayor did it in three: a trio of candidates backed by Mamdani appear set to land seats in US Congress
A man or a movement? That was the question being asked when Zohran Mamdani gambled his political capital on Tuesday's elections in New York.
The answer from voters was emphatic: they prefer Mamdani and his brand of democratic socialism to the Democratic party establishment and its lukewarm version of capitalism. America's biggest city has swung even further to the left.
Continue reading...