Mamdani: 'So many of our victories' were in Trump neighborhoods
Zohran Mamdani, the apparent winner of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, is touting his campaign’s gains with voters who supported President Trump.
“What we found is that if you have a relentless focus on an economic agenda and you welcome people back, and you turn the political instinct from lecturing to listening, you can still have people come home to the Democratic Party, as long as you show them,” Mamdani said during a Sunday interview on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”
“So many of our victories were in neighborhoods that went for Donald Trump in the presidential election,” he added. “We’re talking about College Point or Dyker Heights, so many of the same places we were told that we had now lost voters forever.”
An analysis by the Gothamist found that Mamdani, who stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary last week, won 30 percent of districts that Trump won in 2024. Mamdani also performed well in neighborhoods that shifted substantially toward Trump in November, according to the analysis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5376890-zohran-mamdani-touts-gains-trump-voters/
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