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Zohran Mamdani: “I started this race polling at 1%, and that's being…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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But what accounts for your difficulty with black voters in this city, and will that change? You know, I don't really see it as a difficulty. I started this race polling at 1%, and that's being charitable and perhaps rounding up. And in fact, at that point, to be included in a poll was in itself a success. (04:40–04:47)

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Asserts that Zohran Mamdani began his race with very low polling numbers.

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