Which NYC Neighborhoods Went for Zohran Mamdani?

Zohran Mamdani carried neighborhoods many expected to be friendly to the democratic socialist, like Astoria and Brownstone Brooklyn, but also he nabbed, of all places, Hudson Yards.
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Well, that was unexpected! Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo and his deep-pocketed donors in Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary. By Wednesday morning, Mamdani — who went from little-known Queens assemblyman to political celebrity in the span of eight months — had received 43.5 percent of voters’ first picks on their ranked-choice ballots to the former governor’s 36.4 percent. For many watching the election, it was a shock: A Marist poll released last week showed Mamdani down 12 points in the first round. (Public Policy Polling took a victory lap last night for its outlier — and derided — survey putting Mamdani up by five points in the first round.) If you’re nosy, like us, you’re curious how your neighbors voted. Here’s what we’re seeing.

Mamdani swept in many of the corridors he was expected to take, like Astoria (68 percent) and Williamsburg (56 percent). Brownstone Brooklyn, the home base of his cross-endorser, Brad Lander, went for Mamdani, as did the heavily South Asian enclaves like Ozone Park and Richmond Hill.

Mamdani also carried Crown Heights (55 percent) and Bedford-Stuyvesant (64 percent), longtime hubs of Cuomo’s base of older, Black voters but also nowadays home to many younger, affluent residents. The Financial District and Hudson Yards also both swung for Mamdani. Even Staten Island was a closer race than likely expected: Cuomo only received 46 percent of the vote to Mamdani’s 37 percent.

The former governor, of course, held tight in places that were to be expected, including monied Manhattan, with support around the literal perimeter of Central Park below 100th Street on the East and West Sides. He also held his own in the more burb-y parts of the city including Jamaica and Kew Gardens. But parts of the eastern tip of Queens that borders Nassau County swung Mamdani. The Democratic Socialists, it seems, are encroaching on Long Island.