"Today [ sic] is Election Day all over the country. Early voting just ended in New York's mayoral race this weekend with 735,000 ballots cast. It's the highest early voter turnout in New York's history for a nonpresidential race, something like four times the number of people who usually vote in early voting, as the three candidates for mayor - Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa - closed out their campaigns. I should clarify: Tuesday, not today, is Election Day."
"We've had several South Asian or Indo-Caribbean candidates, and none of them elicit this response. And I think the fact that the campaign spoke to the very material issues of working-class people has, first and foremost, has really made a very significant difference,"
"President Trump told 60 Minutes he's not a fan of Cuomo but would pick him over Mamdani, who he called a communist. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports former President Obama told Mamdani in a private phone conversation Saturday his campaign had been impressive, and offered to be a sounding board."
Zohran Mamdani's campaign energized working-class communities across New York City and mobilized extensive grassroots support, including nearly 100,000 volunteers. South Asian voter turnout increased by 40 percent during the Democratic primary and played a pivotal role in Mamdani's upset over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is now running as an independent. DRUM Beats director Fahd Ahmed attributes the strong South Asian and Indo-Caribbean response to the campaign's focus on material issues affecting working-class people. Early voting reached 735,000 ballots, the highest for a nonpresidential New York race. Election Day is Tuesday.
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