Zohran Mamdani's victory reveals middle-class frustration with broken promises, not an embrace of far-left ideology Zohran Mamdani just became mayor of New York City, a self-described socialist leading America’s most capitalist city. To some, that sounds like proof that the far left is taking over. But that’s not what happened. Mamdani didn’t win because New York suddenly fell in love with socialism. He won because he captured something every politician should be listening to right now — a deep frustration that the system doesn’t feel fair anymore. And here’s the twist: That frustration isn’t confined to struggling families or low-income...