"Zohran Mamdani projected his impending triumph when, the morning before the election, he led a line of marchers over the Brooklyn Bridge behind a banner that read "Our Time Is Now." The coalition of voters that lifted him to victory, and whose members can now claim it is "our time," consists of three main categories: an ethnic and religious base, the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America organization, and a powerful, widespread movement of disappointed, disaffected young professionals."
"Mamdani, who plans to take his oath of office on a copy of the Quran rather than the Bible, will bring new voices and a new style to City Hall that come from - and will fully include - the city's 760,0000 Muslims, as well as New York's South Asian population, centered in neighborhoods with concentrations of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Sri Lankan, and Indo-Caribbean families."
Zohran Mamdani won with a coalition made up of an ethnic and religious base, the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America, and disaffected young professionals. He plans to take his oath on a copy of the Quran and will include the city's 760,000 Muslims and its South Asian communities from Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Sri Lankan, and Indo-Caribbean neighborhoods. Ethnic succession has long reshaped New York politics, with past waves replacing earlier groups. The campaign encountered racism and Islamophobia that required political protection, yet the victory opens opportunities for Muslim and South Asian candidates, strategists, fundraisers, and donors.
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