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Zohran Mamdani wins Black and youth vote to make history as New York City's next mayor
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Tuesday marked the highest voter turnout in New York City in more than three decades, with more than two million voters, according to early vote counts. Mamdani’s victory is a strong endorsement of his campaign platform, which aims to raise taxes on the wealthy to address the city’s affordability crisis, including the high cost of housing, child care and groceries.
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Mamdani’s economic agenda was a clear winning message for the new mayor-elect, who assembled a diverse coalition of voters to secure Tuesday’s win. According to early exit polling data, Mamdani overwhelmingly won the youth vote, garnering 78% of 18-29-year-olds.
Mamdani also won a majority of the Black vote (55%), increasing his support from Black New Yorkers in the primary election by more than 20%. In the final weeks of the campaign, the Ugandan immigrant of South Asian descent campaigned in Black churches, barbershops, and even nightclubs.
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“What they’re concerned about is how am I going to keep more money in my pocket, how am I going to put food on my table, and how can…make [New Yorkers] more affordable and more accessible to all?” Brown told theGrio. “I think we’re seeing his rise because he has stayed on message and not really gotten wavered. Even when there have been attacks on him, he’s stayed true to that message.”
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/zohran-mamdani-wins-black-youth-215433018.html
Tuesday marked the highest voter turnout in New York City in more than three decades, with more than two million voters, according to early vote counts. Mamdani’s victory is a strong endorsement of his campaign platform, which aims to raise taxes on the wealthy to address the city’s affordability crisis, including the high cost of housing, child care and groceries.
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Mamdani’s economic agenda was a clear winning message for the new mayor-elect, who assembled a diverse coalition of voters to secure Tuesday’s win. According to early exit polling data, Mamdani overwhelmingly won the youth vote, garnering 78% of 18-29-year-olds.
Mamdani also won a majority of the Black vote (55%), increasing his support from Black New Yorkers in the primary election by more than 20%. In the final weeks of the campaign, the Ugandan immigrant of South Asian descent campaigned in Black churches, barbershops, and even nightclubs.
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“What they’re concerned about is how am I going to keep more money in my pocket, how am I going to put food on my table, and how can…make [New Yorkers] more affordable and more accessible to all?” Brown told theGrio. “I think we’re seeing his rise because he has stayed on message and not really gotten wavered. Even when there have been attacks on him, he’s stayed true to that message.”
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/zohran-mamdani-wins-black-youth-215433018.html