A Wave of Asian Votes Helped Propel Zohran Mamdani's Trailblazing Win

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Even after months of organizing 250 volunteers to canvas for Zohran Mamdani in the city’s South Asian neighborhoods, Jagpreet Singh was stunned to see how those communities turned out for the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist on election night.

“We saw, like, all of our neighborhoods just glowing,” said Singh, the political director of the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean political organizing group DRUM Beats, recalling the moment when a researcher at Mamdani’s election party held up a map of how different areas had voted for their first-place picks in the ranked-choice election.

“It was unbelievable. I was basically floating in the air at that point. I’m not gonna get my voice back for another day or two.”

Mamdani — who would become the city’s first South Asian and Muslim mayor if he prevails in the unusually crowded general election in November — handily clinched a commanding lead in Asian neighborhoods representing many ethnicities across the five boroughs.



https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/30/zohran-mamdani-south-asian-vote/

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1. interesting

For starters, I didn't even know he was Asian. I came here to post that while I am not a city resident, I was very interested in the stir that Zorhan Mamdani has generated with his primary victory.