How Zohran Mamdani won over New York

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Zohran Mamdani is a young, Muslim, Democratic socialist who’s a relative political novice.

But he could become the next mayor of New York City, despite a challenge from former Democratic Party governor Andrew Cuomo.

What are his policies and does he present a challenge to the politics of the president Donald Trump?

Today, Geoff Kabaservice from the centre-right think tank the Niskanen Center on how Zohran Mamdani managed to capture the attention of New York voters and whether he could be the answer to the Democratic Party’s woes.

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Geoff Kabaservice, vice president for political studies at the Niskanen Center

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