Rachel Louise Ensign, Chao Deng, Maggie Grether and Jack Gillum:
Most electoral districts where at least a quarter of residents had bachelors degrees broke mostly for Mamdani over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Wall Street Journal analysis of preliminary election results and census data found.
Mamdani also performed better in areas where non-Hispanic whites made up an above-average share of the population, as well as areas with above-average populations of Asians and Hispanics, the Journal found.
Meanwhile, Cuomo received more votes in areas with a higher concentration of Black residents.
Mamdani’s supporters were ubiquitous on Brooklyn’s brownstone-lined streets in the weeks leading up to the election, knocking on doors and handing out flyers. They shared the candidate’s posts on social media, which included a video with 34-year-old influencer Emily Ratajkowski wearing a shirt saying “Hot Girls for Zohran.”
“If you’re a young person in New York City, you understand what’s at stake here,” Ratajkowski said in the video.
Let’s compare New York City, Miami, Denver, Austin, Madison, Chicago and Los Angeles Tax Burden.
How Democratic Failure Made Mamdani
Rankings (Lowest to Highest Tax Burden) via grok summary.
Miami, FL: 25.84% (no income tax, moderate property/sales taxes)
Denver, CO: 26.85% (low flat income tax, low property tax)
Austin, TX: 29.75% (no income tax, high property tax)
Madison, WI: 30.11% (moderate income/property taxes, low sales tax)
Chicago, IL: 31.25% (moderate income tax, high property/sales taxes)
Los Angeles, CA: 32.24% (high income tax, moderate property/sales taxes)
New York City, NY: 33.78% (high income taxes, including local, high property/sales taxes)
