Mamdani is poised to become new mayor of New York. How do locals feel?

Question

Title says it all. I've been watching the story from afar. He's dynamic but his agenda to me comes as off as too idealistic and not grounded in the practical reality of how government really operates in terms of inertia and lack of incentive for long-term improvement.But I digress. What I think doesn't matter. I'm curious to hear what locals make of this? Do you generally agree with his platform or disagree?Why is that?

verdverm · Accepted Answer

Polls can give you a sense of what New Yorkers have on their mind. Same top issue as everywhere in America since covid, cost of living. Here is a sample
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-new-york-mayor-race-po...
https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3935
https://gothampolling.com/poll-nyc-mayor-general-election-20...

SilverElfin · Answer

Well NYC has a large percentage of foreign born residents, many of whom are of low income, and dependent on government services. Over a million people are also Muslims. These demographics explain this race. Some news story recently showed polling results with the votes sliced by foreign born and US born, and the US born group favored Cuomo.