Why New Yorkers voted for Zohran Mamdani: Edward Luce reveals the real reason | HTLS 2025

Edward Luce, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2025, called the rise of New York politician Zohran Mamdani an “extraordinary” signal of shifting U.S. urban politics. He noted that in the world’s largest Jewish city, a significant share of Jewish voters backed an openly anti‑Zionist candidate not because of his Israel stance but despite it, driven more by anger over unaffordable housing and surging inequality. For Luce, Mamdani’s win shows how deep economic resentment and cost‑of‑living pain are reshaping US city politics in ways that resonate well beyond New York.