Who’s Afraid Of Zohran Mamdani?
On the surface, this freak-out can seem as if it’s about policy.
And yet, the intensity of the nervous breakdown over his win suggests this is about way more than one mayoral candidate’s important-but-hardly-radical agenda for a single metropolis. This is about power — specifically, the power of money and establishment authority to control outcomes.
The Zohran Coalition
#ZohranMamdani is well positioned, due to the soft power of his voter coalition.
He just ended a political dynasty. The size of his victory inoculates him from the establishment’s worst instincts.
Instead of winning over the political institutions of yore, Mamdani built his own, an impactful army of fifty-thousand.
The institutions that opposed him will bend the knee, terrified they will be shut out of City Hall.
A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.
I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).
Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.
It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".
I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.
There's deep anxiety among New York's elite that a win by Zohran Mamdani in November's mayoral race would lead to higher taxes and a subsequent exodus of wealthy residents from the five boroughs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/markets/mamdani-shock-wall-street/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #zohranmamdani #andrewcuomo #newyorkcity #newyork #wallstreet
Young self-declared socialist Zohran Mamdani was on the cusp of a stunning victory Wednesday in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/socialist-governor-nyc-mayor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #zohranmamdani #andrewcuomo #newyorkcity #democrats
THE MOVEMENT BEAT THE MACHINE 📣
A message from #ZohranMamdani:
"What they said was impossible is now inevitable: I will be your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City. Tonight, establishment politicians everywhere are seeing what we’ve done, and they know that voters want something more than the broken politics and broken promises of the past."
https://19thnews.org/2025/06/zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-new-york-results/
Something for you film buffs:
If you know the films
"Salaam Bombay!"
"Monsoon Wedding"
"Mississippi Masala" with #DenzelWashington
etc...
that's his mom, the director #MiraNair
Tomorrow will be another big day for local elections in the U.S., including the mayoral primaries for Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and a little town called NYC. Plus, a legislative special election in New Hampshire, and the possible comeback of Anthony Weiner. @taniel breaks down all the races so far and to come in June for @bolts
https://flip.it/mlRoo1
#Politics#USPolitics#USElections#NYC#AndrewCuomo#ZohranMamdani#NYC#NYCMayor
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
