"In his 7-point Democratic primary win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in June, state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani cleaned up with younger voters who live in some of New York's most gentrified neighborhoods - including Bushwick, Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Cuomo, meanwhile, edged out Mamdani in majority-Black, outer-borough neighborhoods that have experienced less gentrification, as well as other places like the Upper East Side and Upper West Side, also home to many longtime New Yorkers."
"That divide is playing out in the general election, too, where Cuomo is running as a third-party candidate. A CBS News survey last month found that Mamdani held a 51-point edge over Cuomo among voters who have moved to New York within the last 10 years. Among voters who have lived in New York for more than 10 years, Mamdani's advantage over Cuomo dropped to 19 points."
Longstanding tensions in New York politics pit lifelong New Yorkers against younger professionals who recently moved into gentrified neighborhoods. Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary largely with younger voters in Bushwick, Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, while Andrew Cuomo performed better in majority-Black outer-borough neighborhoods and longtime Manhattan neighborhoods like the Upper East and Upper West Sides. In the general election Cuomo runs as a third-party candidate, and a CBS News survey found Mamdani leading by 51 points among residents who moved in within ten years, 19 points among residents over ten years, and 7 points among born-and-raised New Yorkers. The split may complicate governance for a Mamdani mayoralty.
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