As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : For the progressive left, it will be a signal achievement -- the highest executive office ever held by a self-identified democratic socialist in the United States.
51% : "To them, I say: We need look only at our past for proof of how socialism can shape our future.
46% : insurgent presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton -- continuing with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's improbable 2018 congressional win, the formation of the "Squad" of lefty lawmakers and the pulling of the entire party to the left -- Mamdani's victory would be the capstone of a 10-year ideological project, and give democratic socialists an enormously powerful bully pulpit for the next four years.
45% : "There are many who say that a democratic socialist vision of governance for New York is impossible," Mamdani said in a video posted to his campaign's Instagram account.
28% : "I'm a Democratic Capitalist, not a Democratic Socialist," Suozzi said in a post on X. "I can not back a declared socialist with a thin resume to run the most complex city in America.

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