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How 'democratic socialist' Zohran Mamdani's win in New York can change UK politics for the better

Last week, Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City, age 35, won the mayoralty, styling himself as a `democratic socialist` and becoming the city's first Muslim mayor.
Mamdani's disciplined message emphasized affordability and quality-of-life messaging, which observers described as brave and radical within 21st-century US off-year elections context.
His platform included universal public childcare, a rent freeze, affordable housing, minimum wage increases, tax increases and LGBTQ rights, while a Washington Post exit-poll showed two-thirds of voters under 45 supported Mamdani, with voters 45 and older favoring Andrew Cuomo by 10 points.
Observers suggested Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, said his win and Democratic resurgence in the US give people reasons to be cheerful, urging UK politicians to pursue progressive alternatives.
This result reflects the awkward, chaotic rise of a new generation of American politics amid a cost-of-living crisis and blocked pathways to buying homes for younger voters.

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