Will election day 2025 be remembered as the rise of the socialists?
Looking out over a sea of supporters, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani told a boisterous crowd that his campaign is a "movement of the masses."With a week...
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Looking out over a sea of supporters, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani told a boisterous crowd that his campaign is a "movement of the masses." With a week and a half until Election Day, some 10,000 supporters gathered to hear Mamdani and his two most high-profile supporters, progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from the New York City borough of Queens, shocked the political world in June with his convincing win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates to capture the Democratic Party's mayoral nomination. HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING ON THE 2025 ELECTIONS Fast-forward four months, and Mamdani's on the cusp of making history as the first Muslim and first millennial mayor of the nation's most populous city, which would give the Democratic Socialists of America their biggest electoral boost ever. A Mamdani general-election victory in New York City would also be seen as another sign of the rise of the socialist-aligned wing of the Democratic Party . HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLING IN THE 2025 ELECTIONS And a Gallup poll conducted in August indicated two-thirds of Democrats viewed socialism positively, while only 42% of Democrats saw capitalism in the same favorable light. But Cuomo, fighting for a political resurrection after resigning as governor four years ago amid multiple scandals, argues that he's the real Democrat in New York City's mayoral race, and charges that Mamdani's democratic socialist agenda would trigger an exodus of people and business. "The socialists want to take over the Democratic Party. That’s what Bernie Sanders is all about. That’s what AOC is all about," Cuomo recently claimed . Some Republicans view a Mamdani victory as a political gift that will keep on giving. NEW YORK CITY VOTERS EMBRACE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM Since his primary victory in late June, Republica…