For the primary time since 1969, greater than 2 million individuals forged their votes for New York Metropolis mayor, sending 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani to Metropolis Corridor.
CBS Information projected Mamdani because the winner, defeating unbiased candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. He gained each borough besides Staten Island, which went for Cuomo.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, campaigned onerous on the price of dwelling — prime of thoughts for voters throughout the 5 boroughs. Per CBS Information exit polls, three in 4 voters stated the price of housing is a significant drawback. All through the mayoral race, Mamdani pledged a hire freeze on rent-stabilized models and stated he would construct extra reasonably priced housing throughout the town.
“Affordability, the price of dwelling — it is by far the No. 1 concern for New York Metropolis voters, and [Mamdani] gained them handily,” stated CBS Information elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto.
How every neighborhood voted
Most of Manhattan went for Mamdani, aside from the Higher East Facet, Midtown East, Murray Hill, Tribeca and Battery Park Metropolis.
In Queens, Mamdani took Astoria, Lengthy Island Metropolis and Sunnyside, whereas Cuomo gained Bayside, Flushing and Douglaston. Cuomo fared higher in lots of neighborhoods in south Brooklyn, together with Borough Park, Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay. In the meantime, Mamdani simply gained the north Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Mattress-Stuy.
Cuomo outperformed Mamdani throughout most of Staten Island, aside from a lot of the north shore neighborhoods.
Sliwa completed a distant third, with Cuomo profitable a majority of self-identified Republicans. Although most of Sliwa’s supporters stated they’d have voted for Cuomo in a hypothetical two-person race, exit polls point out Mamdani nonetheless would have gained.
Mamdani did properly with voters beneath the age of 45, and he gained an particularly giant majority of these beneath 30, whereas older voters, in addition to those that described themselves as reasonable or conservative, voted for Cuomo.
“It was generational change,” CBS Information New York’s Marcia Kramer stated. “Individuals who by no means voted earlier than turned out on the polls — not solely younger voters, however individuals within the Muslim group and East Asian group.”
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