"Trump's worst nightmare": Mamdani wins New York

"Trump's worst nightmare": Mamdani wins New York

After a year in the wilderness for the Democrats, last nights electoral victories have given many a taste of winning again. Races in Democratic strongholds like New York, California, New Jersey and Virginia may not have been a shock - but the scale of the victories and the size of the turnouts has put a spring back into the step of those who’d given up hope.

Today we discuss what Zohran Mamdani, Gavin Newsom, Abigail Spanberger and others are getting right. And whether it’s a useful predictor for what happens next?

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