Will the Mamdani effect make 2028 the year of the leftwing president? (opens in new tab)

The mayor hopes to ‘write a new chapter in the party’s history’ – and recent democratic socialist wins prove he might be able to do itIn the back yard of a Brooklyn bar, beneath strung-up lightbulbs and swaths of fabric that swooped like great sails, an ecstatic crowd greeted Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and his victorious ally, . These Democrats also had a withering verdict on their own party establishment.“To me, centrists can go fuck themselves,” said Léa Zimmerman, 34. “They’r...