Zohran Mamdani could become the first New York City mayor in recent history to be elected without getting majority support.
The front-runner and Democrat nominee has consistently polled at 45%, according to a polling aggregate from the New York Times. While he leads challenger former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by double digits, Mamdani might not achieve a mandate for his Democratic Socialist agenda for City Hall.
“It’s not going to be easy,” Basil Smikle Jr., former head of the New York State Democrats, said to Politico. “If he gets under 50%, that means half or more of voters wanted someone more moderate or conservative than he is. And that says a lot about how he will govern.”
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