Zohran Mamdani's private school beginnings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Mr Mamdani went on to try and forge a career as a rapper called Mr Cardamom, releasing slick music videos featuring stars including chef Madhur Jaffrey and Lupita Amondi Nyong'o. Mr Mamdani, who became a US citizen in 2018, was inspired by Bernie Sanders to become a socialist in 2016.
59% : And while "communist" may be a touch too far, Mr Mamdani has praised the "socialist Utopia" of high-tax New Jersey -- which he wants to emulate, and some.
54% : The self-described Democratic Socialist quickly leapfrogged politicians who have spent decades in the trenches to become the star of the show, turning heads in New York and across the world.
46% : Mr Mamdani quickly quipped: "You know that something has changed when it's not enough to call us democratic socialists anymore." The communist allegation is one that Mr Trump has leaned into, calling Mr Mamdani a "100 per cent communist Lunatic".
46% : Mr Mamdani has said he recognises Israel's right to exist, but not as a Jewish state.
41% : While his lifelong pro-Palestine views helped him win over swathes of voters who were left disillusioned by Joe Biden and the Democrats' continued support for Israel during the war in Gaza, it was a source of concern among some Jewish voters.
33% : His pledges for city-run supermarkets, rent freezes and free childcare funded by tax hikes for the rich saw panicked billionaires elbowing one another to throw cash at his main rival, Andrew Cuomo.

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