NYC Mayor's Race: Five big takeaways from record-setting election that helped Mamdani win | amNewYork

"Zohran Mamdani won the mayor's race Tuesday with the help of the Working Families Party ballot line, which accounted for about 15% of his total votes citywide. The 34-year-old democratic socialist and Queens Assembly Member will be New York City's 111th mayor come January after securing just over 50% of the vote citywide and carrying four of the city's five boroughs, unofficial Board of Elections results show, based on 97.98% of scanners."

"The Working Families Party line proved vital to Mamdani's coalition, adding thousands of votes in progressive strongholds that helped him withstand Cuomo's challenge. He appeared on both the Democratic and WFP lines, with his strongest performance coming in Brooklyn, where he won nearly 57% of the vote, and his WFP line contributed to nearly one in five of those ballots, reinforcing his appeal among progressive voters. Like those voters, Mamdani voted for himself on the WFP ballot line, according to Politico."

"In western Queens and central Brooklyn, the WFP accounted for more than a quarter of his total vote in several districts including 5,513 votes in Astoria's AD 36, 4,769 in Ridgewood's AD 37, and 8,909 in Fort Greene and Bed-Stuy's AD 57 padding margins where Cuomo received between 8,847 and 10,457 votes, according to unofficial results. AD 44, which spans from Flatbush to Midwood, is where the WFP line for Mamdani received its highest vote total in Brooklyn, with 10,102 votes."

Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoral race with just over 50% of the vote and will take office in January as the city's 111th mayor. The Working Families Party ballot line provided roughly 15% of his total citywide votes and was decisive in progressive neighborhoods, particularly in Brooklyn where its line contributed nearly one in five votes. Fusion voting in New York allowed Mamdani to appear on both Democratic and WFP lines. Several Brooklyn and Queens assembly districts showed large WFP totals that padded margins against Cuomo. Voter turnout exceeded 2 million, the highest since 1969. Mamdani flipped the Bronx.

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