New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, once a figure of contention among leaders from both major political parties, has seen a remarkable surge in his political standing just six months into office.

The 34-year-old democratic socialist, a prominent figure on the progressive left, has garnered unexpected praise from both Donald Trump and New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

He has also emerged as the face of the region’s sports renaissance. Now, days before New York’s primary elections,

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    Higher voter turnout changes those percentages. You seem to be thinking that votes scale proportionally with turnout? That’s not always the case.

    Anyway the more candidates you have the more split the vote will be. Plus the media/Trump campaign didn’t pump millions of dollars into a smear campaign against Harris in NY. Why? Because they didn’t expect to turn NY red so they focused resources elsewhere.

    An insane sum of money was spent trying to put Mamdani down