Mamdani win upends NYC electoral politics: Sorry Boomers, Gen Z and Millennials now in charge [View all]
More than half of the more than 2 million New Yorkers who voted in this month’s mayoral race were younger than 55, with a significant share of them Millennials and Gen Zers — a reversal of typical age-based turnout patterns that experts attribute to enthusiasm around Zohran Mamdani’s upstart campaign.
Mamdani’s affordability agenda, which propelled him to a 10-point victory over independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday’s election, held particular resonance with young New Yorkers anxious about an increasingly expensive city.
A Daily News analysis of voter demographics data highlights just how successful the 34-year-old Queens Assemblyman appears to have been in reaching the younger generations.
According to the data, around 1.16 million New Yorkers under 55 voted in the Nov. 4 contest, making up almost 58% of the more than 2 million who cast ballots overall in what marked the city’s highest turnout mayoral race since the 1960s. By contrast, just shy of 850,000 of Nov. 4 voters were older than 55, the data shows.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/07/mamdani-win-upended-nyc-electoral-politics-ok-boomers-gen-z-and-millennials-are-now-in-charge/
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