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After months of being rubbished by the American media and the Democrat establishment, US politician Zohran Mamdani appears to have all but locked in the party’s nomination for mayor of New York.
Mamdani, a proudly socialist 33-year-old, holds a 44-36 percent lead over over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo – who was hopingh that New Yorkers had short memories, and were ready to re-elect the textbook centrist Democrat.
However, after the disaster of Trump’s first year back in the White House – with everyday American life interrupted by protests, immigration raids, corruption allegations and the unshakebale feeling that the nation is about to enter World War 3… It seems the pendulum is swinging back towards left-wing politics.
It appears that the success of Mamdani isn’t so much a vote against Trumpian politics, but more a vote against the stale nothingness of the Democrats top brass – who, while pitching themselves as the progressive option in America’s political system, very seldom action – or even – offer – left-wing policies.
Mamdani has not been following the party line in the New York Mayoral race – instead he insists on offering left-wing positions and policies that most left-wing voters would expect from left-wing candidates.
Weirdly, this has resulted in a huge following of working class voters who don’t really feel too well looked after by the late-stage capitalism and relentless social cleansing that is ravaging the streets of New York.
With the Republican Party’s brand now toxic in an extremely multicultural city of generational migrants and other diverse communities, it seems that Zohran Mamdani might be the first left-wing politician elected into an American public office since President Jimmy Carter.
