It's probably not something I'd normally be bothered to do but seeing as though its been quite the discussion point on here I'd thought I'd take a closer look at Mamdani's and Cuomo's election results....
It seems that as well as polling well in working class those numerous immigrant enclaces in places like Queens and The Bronx, often economically deprived districts, which you might expect Mamdani did exceptionally well in the gentrifying 'hipster' neighbourhoods such as Bushwick and Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Also in the 'brownstone belt' of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill, so beloved of the white liberals and wealthy creatives....
Cuomo did well in Lower Manhattan, the East Village, Tribeca, the Upper Eastside where all the gazillionaires reside..... Also did well in working class Staten Island too.
Mamdani's performance in Williamsburg is interesting as well as being 'hipster central' it has quite a large quite conservative Orthodox Jewish population too.
Although Cuomo did well in Riverdale, another strongly populated Orthodox neighbourhood.
For decades, Democrats in New York City have prevailed with a fairly static coalition - white liberals in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Black and Latino voters, ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities and a smattering of other immigrants.
But reading a few opinions here and there from various political media, it does suggest that Mamdani has reworked the contours of that coalition, stitching together new alliances that could shift the city’s political outlook for years to come....
www.abc.net.au
www.theguardian.com
