Here’s why Zohran Mamdani’s win as New York City’s Democratic Socialist mayor spells trouble for moderate Democrats in future elections across America.
Democrats are jubilant: not only did they win elections in blue-state Virginia and New Jersey, they also elected a Democratic Socialist as mayor of New York City, the citadel of capitalism.
My guess: they will rue the day that Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old con man political newcomer with zero management experience who hoodwinked his followers with unrealistic promises and a great TikTok-ready smile, became the face of their party.
Democrats are already divided; that ripping sound you hear is the fabric of a once-great political movement coming apart at the seams. Mamdani’s win will inspire progressive candidates to challenge moderate Democrats across the country, backed by the leftist billionaires they pretend to hate.
Establishment officials like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, already tormented by the threat of being primaried by upstart Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, will be pushed to adopt one extreme policy after another. That may help Schumer survive in deep-blue New York, but will it help moderate Democrats in Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states that are home to the toss-up districts set to determine who wins control of the House next year? I don’t think so.
The progressive left, blinded by ideology, will interpret Mamdani’s election as a mandate rather than the result of a pileup of political mishaps. They will imagine that Americans are actually ready to take cops off the streets and task social workers with keeping the population safe. They will leap to the defense of criminal illegal aliens and rally around Hamas in its battle for dominance in Gaza. They will advocate for higher taxes and greater government interference in people’s lives—more stifling rules and regulations — because that’s what the left does.
