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Socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, campaigning as a champion of the working class. Yet, exit polls reveal his victory was secured not by the city’s poorest residents, but by a wealthier, highly educated base.
Beyond just the economically well-off, Mamdani won decisively among both recent transplants to New York and voters who reject religion.
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