Mamdani: I went door-to-door with Zohran canvassers. What people said surprised me.

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It’s a crisp fall evening in Woodside, Queens, a few weeks before the New York City mayoral election. The sun has just started to set and I’m standing with two canvassers on the front porch of a home with worn white paint and bright red steps, waiting for someone to come out and talk to us about Zohran Mamdani.

Woodside, a mostly working-class neighborhood with large Asian and Hispanic populations , swung 12 points toward Donald Trump in the 2024 election, earning him 39 percent of its overall vote. (For comparison, the city as a whole shifted 7 points toward Trump.) I wanted to tag along here with some canvassers for Mamdani—who Trump paints as an unhinged