When the results beamed onto televisions around a New York party confirming the city's new mayor, the crowd erupted.

Caitlin McNaughton leapt to her feet, her hand covering her mouth as the crowd embraced and roared: "Mam-da-ni! Mam-da-ni!"

"Things have just been so bleak," the New Yorker exclaimed.

This watch party, held in a beer garden in the borough of Queens, is about as close to Zohran Mamdani's heartland as you can get. In fact, this is his neighbourhood.

The 34-year-old self-described Democratic socialist made headlines around the world this week when he won New York City's mayoral election by a massive margin.

His far-left policy platform that includes things like taxing the rich and opening city-run grocery stores was mocked by many, including US President Donald Trump, who

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