"I'm going to come at this from a female voter because a high percentage of his voters were female. I think there's a tendency, especially when you live in a city like Manhattan, where again, you are so career-driven and you almost look to the government as a form of replacement for certain things relationship-wise even. So you see things a little bit differently."
"What I don't want to have happen is women, young women in the city, look to the government as a solution to put off having a family or a marriage because you're relying on the government to support you instead of being united with a husband, where you can support yourself and your husband can support, and you guys can all combine together."
Many Manhattan residents are highly career-driven and may view government as a substitute for certain relationship or familial functions. A significant percentage of Mamdani's voters were female. This voting pattern corresponds with tendencies among some young women to postpone marriage and childbearing. Reliance on government support can enable delayed family formation by reducing economic incentives to form household partnerships. There is concern that greater dependence on government solutions could weaken traditional family structures centered on spousal cooperation. The situation appears ironic given the turnout of female voters.
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