June 28, 2025
The Untold Reason for Mamdani’s Mayoral Win
By Selwyn Duke
The New York City mayoral Democrat primary race results have shaken the political world.
Candidate Zohran Mamdani, described as a Marxist Muslim, was five months ago languishing in also-ran territory at one percent in the polls. A most recent poll then showed him, to pundits’ surprise, beating erstwhile-front-runner (a whole week ago) Andrew Cuomo after the eighth round of ranked-choice calculations. But it was wrong.
Mamdani won the first-round tally by more than seven points and will assuredly be the Democrat nominee.
How did this happen? There are many reasons, but the overriding one is something overlooked, something indispensable, something that is a gift: charisma.
This is where those who dislike Mamdani — and I’m one of them (I actually consider him immoral) — must be careful. People are generally loath to give those they dislike credit; they view them through tinted glasses. But studies have shown what the Throughline media-training blog stated years ago in no uncertain terms: “The Most Charismatic Candidate Always Wins.”
I suspect the hard-Left has discovered this truth, too. Why do you think suburban girl Sandy Cortez (a.k.a. AOC) was chosen to be the Justice Democrats’ candidate in 2017 via what essentially was an audition? Yes, she really was.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/06/the_untold_reason_for_mamdani_s_mayoral_win.html
