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New York City Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has run an extraordinary campaign for mayor, galvanizing new generations of voters with innovative media that’s tapped into their economic concerns and energizing communities with a deep and proactive canvassing game.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has run a lackluster campaign that’s kept him hidden from regular voters and relied on a billionaire-funded Super PAC to blanket the city in an unprecedented flurry of negative ads in the final week.
And as a result, this year’s NYC Democratic primary for mayor is truly a tossup going into the final day of voting.
There’s a lot at stake, as this election has become the biggest front yet in the civil war within the Democratic Party, pitting a new insurgent from the left against the epitome of establishment centrist. It’s also a hyper-local contest that will be shaped by subtle shifts in neighborhood-level coalition alignments, which can make it hard to parse what’s happening.
To provide some clarity, I was joined live by NYC political journalist and strategist
, who broke down the race precinct-by-precinct and explained the dynamic of the city’s colliding coalitions. Lange was game for anything, and we wound up discussing everything from public policy to campaign gossip, and demographics and early vote totals to the impact of the weather on what should be a broiling election day.Check out the entire video above, or watch a few clips from the conversation below.
Clip 1: How Zohran Mamdani built a grassroots political coalition and movement.
Clip 2: How Cuomo’s Super PAC money is impacting the race with just days before the election.
Who do you think will win the election?
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