"But while Mamdani made for excellent character casting, he wasn't really the story. What New Yorkers responded to was not his resume — a 34-year-old democratic socialist with limited executive experience — but the agenda he ran on: affordability above all else. That message drove historic turnout, especially among younger and working-class voters who don't typically turn out in droves to vote in mayoral elections. For many, Mamdani is less a sign of socialist ascendance than a vessel for a mandate about the crushing cost of living."
"As my friend and former colleague, Aidan McLaughlin, noted on social media, over the last six days, Fox anchors, correspondents, and guests have used the word affordability far more than they did before last week's election. According to the media monitoring service SnapStream, it was uttered 295 times in the previous six days, compared to just 102 in the seven days prior. It was uttered on-air only 42 times the prior week."
Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born 34-year-old democratic socialist and the city's first Muslim mayor, won on an agenda centered on affordability. Voter turnout surged, driven by younger and working-class residents motivated by cost-of-living concerns rather than ideological alignment. Mamdani functioned as a vessel for a mandate about economic strain more than a sign of socialist ascendance. Fox News treated Mamdani less as an ideological outlier and more as a peg to cover broader economic realities. Usage of the word "affordability" on Fox rose sharply after the election, suggesting an editorial shift to focus on economic issues.
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