Tuesday’s New York City Democratic mayoral primary election ended when former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani to congratulate him for his victory. His victory, however, says more about the voters than it does about him.

Among a large field of candidates, Mamdani received 43.5% of the vote to Cuomo’s 36.4%.

Although Cuomo acquired a poor reputation as governor due to sexual misconduct allegations and his handling of the COVID pandemic, he was still a far cry better than Mamdani, a dyed-in-the-wool socialist.

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