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Americano: how did Zohran Mamdani win?

Americano: how did Zohran Mamdani win?

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

June 27, 202523m 52s

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Against all odds, Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old state assemblyman and proud 'Muslim democratic socialist' won as as the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor. Aidan McLaughlin <a href="https://thespectator.com/topic/zohran-mamdani-wins-new-york-city-mayor-primary-muslim-democratic-socialist/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wrote</a> about this for Spectator World. On this episode of Americano, Freddy Gray speaks to Aidan about how Mamdani defeated the favourite Andrew Cuomo, whether his success is attributed to TikTok and whether Zohran is really the voice of the 'oppressed'. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>