Ask HN: Mamdani is poised to become new mayor of New York. How do locals feel?

4 pointsposted a day ago
by frenchmajesty

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4 Comments

verdverm

a day ago

Polls can give you a sense of what New Yorkers have on their mind. Same top issue as everywhere in America since covid, cost of living. Here is a sample

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-new-york-mayor-race-po...

https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3935

https://gothampolling.com/poll-nyc-mayor-general-election-20...

michelsedgh

a day ago

Polls are not accurate. Most people that live there usually dont vote. Also the polls are a sample of a few hundred to a few thousand compared to population that lives in a city, the numbers are low. Let me not get into the biases of the poll takers and all the other stuff…

techblueberry

21 hours ago

You think it is not true that New Yorkers find the city unaffordable?

SilverElfin

20 hours ago

Well NYC has a large percentage of foreign born residents, many of whom are of low income, and dependent on government services. Over a million people are also Muslims. These demographics explain this race. Some news story recently showed polling results with the votes sliced by foreign born and US born, and the US born group favored Cuomo.