Zohran Mamdani’s projected victory in Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary was propelled by a surge in voters from historically Black and Hispanic neighborhoods coming out to support him despite leaning more moderate in past elections, including backing Eric Adams in 2021, according to a Daily News analysis of ballot data. “I think younger voters who did not vote either because they weren’t old enough or didn’t care enough [in 2021] came out to vote this year and they voted for Mamdani for the same reason young voters across the city did,” Skurnik said, referencing the excitement that developed during the campaign around Mamdani’s left-wing agenda. The district, which covers nearly all of Bed-Stuy, went to Adams in 2021 by a somewhat sizable margin, with the mayor clinching 8,974 votes compared to the 6,941 raked in by his closest competitor, Maya Wiley.
Author: Chris Sommerfeldt and Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News
Published at: 2025-06-25 21:15:00
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