Zohran Mamdani: “To have brought out more voters than we'd seen since 1969…”

“… of the neighborhoods with the largest swings to the right, why did they vote for Donald Trump? And they said, cost a living. Cost of living, cost of living. And To have brought out more voters than we'd seen since 1969, to have brought out voters, many of whom, again, who had just registered to vote for this race or who had lost faith in the Democratic process years ago. That shows me that politics can be more than just settling for the scraps that aren't feeding enough of our families or saying that it could be worse, but instead …” (06:11–06:23)

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