#newsonleo #unitedstates #politics #zohran Zohran Momdani, member of Democratic Socialists of America, has won Democratic primary for NYC mayor, beating former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo. 1/
#newsonleo #unitedstates #politics #zohran Zohran Momdani, member of Democratic Socialists of America, has won Democratic primary for NYC mayor, beating former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo. 1/
2/ If elected in November, Momdani, who enjoys huge support among younger Gen Z voters, will become the first socialist and the first Muslim to lead US metropolis. It is very likely that in November he would face Eric Adams, incumbent mayor whose independent run is likely to be supported by GOP and establishment centrist Democrats who had rallied around Cuomo.
3/ Cuomo entered the race as a clear favourite, despite controversies over inappropriate conduct towards women and mishandling of COVID crisis as governor. However, his lead in opinion polls and Polymarket bets began to shrink with the start of Iran-Israel War, which could be attributed to young voters' anti-war sentiments as Momdani as symbolic anthesis of US establishment and its foreign and domestic policies.