Making sense of Zohran Mamdani’s political shockwave

Readings on what a radical change in the New York state of mind might mean for the future of the Democratic Party

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s electoral primary came as a shock for Democrats and the Democratic Party, utterly upending assumptions about the electability of progressive candidates. Only days ago, the 33-year-old New York State Assemblyman and socialist was seen as a longshot, or even unelectable by newspaper editorial boards and establis…