Democrats sweep key races in 2025 elections in early referendum on Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : "This election proves that democratic socialist ideas are very popular."
66% : 9:35 PM Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoral race in a major feat for progressives, CBS News projected.
58% : Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, both moderates, won the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia, while on the far left, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani prevailed in his race for New York mayor over the state's moderate ex-governor, Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent after Mamdani beat him in the primary.
57% : "We hope this is demonstrating a very powerful way forward," said Ashik Siddique, a national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America.
56% : Views in California — which has been home to a number of ICE operations — are similar to New York City.
54% : And he directly addressed concerns among Democrats that he could be harmful to the party's brand."The conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate," he said, listing his age, Muslim faith and identity as a democratic socialist.
54% : "Zohran Mamdani's election cements the Democrat Party's transformation to a radical, big-government socialist party," the Louisiana Republican said in a statement.
54% : The study also noted just three House candidates and one Senate candidate who identify as democratic socialists won their elections in 2024.Read more here.
48% : 9:56 PM Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's victory on Tuesday in the New York City mayoral race is already fanning the debate about the future of the Democratic Party and what his sudden political stardom could mean for next year's midterm elections.
48% : Most New York City voters overall say the candidates' positions on Israel were a factor in their vote, although it is a major factor for fewer than half.
46% : In a speech that opened with a quote from socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs, Mamdani touted his proposals to tackle the cost of living and vowed to work with police.
46% : (Mamdani describes himself as a democratic socialist, not a communist.)Mr.
43% : Affordability was a key issue in the New Jersey race, and Sherrill said in her victory speech on Tuesday that she plans to address property tax rates.
43% : Establishment Democratic leaders offered lukewarm endorsements of the democratic socialist, or none at all, and moderate Democrats tried to distance themselves from his proposals.
42% : In New Jersey, each of the candidates for governor emphasized affordability in their campaigns, and taxes and the economy are the top issues for voters.Taxes are more of a priority for Republican Jack Ciattarelli's voters, while the economy is the most important issue for Democrat Mikie Sherril's supporters.Most also say property taxes and electricity costs are big problems in the area where they live, exit polls currently show.
38% : The GOP was quick to attack Democrats after the democratic socialist won the New York City's mayoral race.
34% : 11:01 PM Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who did not endorse Democrat Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race and would not say Tuesday how he voted, congratulated the democratic socialist on Tuesday night on his "well-earned and historic victory."
30% : The first person Mamdani quoted in his victory speech was socialist Eugene Debs, and he offered withering criticism of Cuomo, declaring, "Let tonight be the final time I utter his name, as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few."
26% : Mamdani, a democratic socialist, defeated Andrew Cuomo, the former Democratic governor of New York, in the primary.

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