Zohran Mamdani is easily the favorite to win New York City’s mayoral race. He currently holds a substantial 22-point lead over his competition, and many have come to see him as the future of the Democratic Party.

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But do the New Yorkers promising to vote for him actually know what he believes? Does anybody in the country actually know what he stands for?

From the Daily Wire:

A recent Gallup poll shows that 66% of Democratic voters view socialism positively compared to 42% for capitalism, a stunning 24 point differential. Mr. Mamdani belongs to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the socialist organization opposing Democratic moderates.

He doesn’t merely belong to it. By his own words he is such a vehement proponent of this collective that he advocates setting up safeguards to resist any watering down of the DSA vision once their candidates reach office. In Mr. Mamdani’s speech at the DSA Convention on August 4, 2023, he laid out his plan to have committees of socialists in office work together in order resist “corruption” from moderating influences of fellow “electeds” (3:15) and that “wherever we want to contest power we must not send that person into that chamber alone, we must make sure they remember they are a member of this organization” (13:40). He closes by declaiming, “solidarity forever and socialism forever” (14:08).

In an interview with The Nation on February 18, 2025, he reiterates these commitments unequivocally, stating: “My political home is NYC DSA.”

It’s not just Mamdani claiming to love socialism, the DSA itself agrees with him. According to the Daily Wire, the DSA in February stated that Mamdani “never ran as an individual, but as a representative of a working class socialist movement.”

So what does the DSA believe? The Daily Wire lays out the organization’s platform in a brief, concise list. The goals of the Democratic Socialists of America are as follows:

• End Capitalism: DSA seeks to dismantle capitalism, replacing it with worker-controlled production and resource distribution.
• Nationalize Key Industries: Public ownership of energy, railroads, and potentially banking to ensure democratic control.
• Abolish Prisons: Eliminate prisons, replacing them with restorative justice systems.
• Defund and Abolish Police: Redirect police budgets to social services and ultimately dismantle police forces.
• Abolish White Supremacy: Dismantle systemic racism and white supremacist structures through policies like affirmative action, wealth redistribution, and cultural reeducation.
• Universal Basic Income (UBI): Provide guaranteed income to all, funded by wealth taxes, to reduce inequality.
• Open Borders: Decriminalize immigration and abolish ICE, allowing unrestricted movement across borders.
• Reparations for Black and Indigenous Communities: Pay reparations to address slavery and colonization, estimated at trillions.
• Cancel All Student Debt: Forgive all student debt (over $1.6 trillion) and provide free public education at all levels.
• International Solidarity, Anti-Imperialism, and Anti-Militarism: Promote global working-class solidarity by opposing U.S. imperialism, ending military interventions, slashing defense budgets, and redirecting funds to international aid.

These positions are extremely radical, which is likely why Mamdani attempted to distance himself from parts of this platform. That doesn’t explain, however, why he’s spent months calling the radical DSA his political home. And all of this begs the question: do voters even know who Mamdani is and what he stands for? Do New Yorkers really want to dismantle law enforcement, end capitalism, and pay reparations?

The Daily Wire notes that Democrats have sought to frame Republican criticism of Mamdani as little more than baseless attacks. According to them, the President and the GOP label all Democrats as radical extremists, regardless of what they believe. But for Mamdani, these labels may be more accurate than ever before.

The Democrat party is still in a state of chaos follow President Trump’s electoral victory, and many are wondering whether the party will react by moving toward the center, or by lurching further left. Mamdani’s victory would signify the latter. Will voters in New York accept this, or will they make a different choice?

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(Excerpt from the Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Bryan Berlin – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=166075025)