The Biggest Threat to Mamdani's Agenda Isn't Hochul or Trump - It's Wall Street

"Despite his youth and executive inexperience, Mamdani has all the advantages - a better ground game with tens of thousands of volunteers, a better social media campaign driven by young activists with an irreverent style, more favorable national and international media coverage, as much as four times more campaign cash on hand than Cuomo, a spate of high-profile endorsements (although not the leading officials of his own party), and other strengths."

"To be clear, Mamdani's electoral game is strong. Framed around making New York affordable for everyone, Mamdani offers policies to address the cost-of-living crisis in the city. Chief among them is free universal child care that would allow residents to enroll their children in subsidized pre-K programs. This program, providing free schooling for children from 6 weeks to 5 years old, would also raise the wages of child care workers, who are notoriously underpaid."

"If polls are to be believed, Zohran Mamdani is likely to win the mayoralty of New York City this November. An October 9 Quinnipiac University survey taken after Mayor Eric Adams dropped from the race shows Mamdani is up 13 points over his nearest competitor, disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo. Yet despite these electoral advantages, the deck is stacked against Mamdani's administration. This is because the political coalition necessary to govern is quite different from that which can get him elected."

Polls show Zohran Mamdani leading the New York City mayoral race, including a Quinnipiac survey placing him 13 points ahead after Eric Adams dropped out. Mamdani benefits from a strong ground game with tens of thousands of volunteers, an energetic social media campaign, favorable national and international coverage, substantially more campaign cash on hand, and multiple high-profile endorsements. Mamdani proposes transformative policies including free universal child care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years, higher wages for child care workers, secured funding for libraries and municipal hospitals, a community safety department, free faster buses, city-owned grocery stores, and a $30 minimum wage target.

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