KEY ELEMENTS OF THE MAYOR-ELECT’S CAMPAIGN HAVE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR A PARTY THAT WAS BADLY BEATEN IN 2024.

It’s only been a week, but the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York last Tuesday raises key questions for those seeking to put the Democratic Party on a winning path.

Did his victory reveal the potential of a movement driven by legions of young, disaffected voters — especially struggling college graduates who are part of the so-called precariat — determined to wrest power from the party’s old-guard establishment and push the party’s platform to the left?

Or will the Mamdani movement deteriorate and fall into the long tradition on the left of flames that all too quickly burn out, another in the list of protest movements that includes Occupy Wall Street, the pink pussy

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