Socialist Likely To Take Control Of Country’s Biggest City Thanks To Quirky Voting System, Poll Shows

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Socialist Likely To Take Control Of Country’s Biggest City Thanks To Quirky Voting System, Poll Shows

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Democratic New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a socialist, has the edge over former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary due to the Big Apple’s atypical voting system…

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