‘Yemeni Bodega Owners’ and ‘Mexican Abuelas’: Mamdani Credited Working Class New Yorkers for His Victory but Support Came From Educated Elite
Ana Maria Rus
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D.) credited immigrant and working class New Yorkers with his win Tuesday night, but a closer look at exit polls shows it was the city’s over-educated elite that carried the democratic socialist to victory—and that New Yorkers without college degrees preferred former governor Andrew Cuomo (D.). "Thank you to those so often forgotten by the politics of our city who made this movement their own," Mamdani declared during his victory speech. "I speak of
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