Voters believe Mamdani will burn down New York City but will vote for him anyway

NYC Voters Predict Crime and Economic Disaster Under Frontrunner Mamdani, Poll Him to Win Anyway

There’s a peculiar phenomenon in nature where lemmings supposedly march off cliffs in mass suicide. While that myth has been debunked, something eerily similar is happening in New York City, where voters appear ready to elect their own economic executioner.

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, commands a commanding 15-point lead in the mayoral race, polling at 46 percent to Andrew Cuomo’s 31 percent. His platform reads like a Bernie Sanders fever dream: rent freezes, free bus services, fully-funded daycare, city-owned grocery stores, and a $30 minimum wage. Young voters under 30 give him an astronomical 35-point advantage.

The Uganda-born assemblyman, who attended a Manhattan private school now charging $66,000 annually—let that sink in for a moment—plans to fund his socialist utopia through a 2 percent tax on millionaires and hiking corporate rates from 7.25 to 11.5 percent.

Who better to lead the working class revolution, right? Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been stumping for him at packed rallies, presenting him as the future of the Democratic Party.

But here’s where the story takes a stunning turn. The same New Yorkers preparing to hand Mamdani the keys to City Hall believe he’s going to burn it down. A Daily Mail/JL Partners poll revealed that 47 percent of voters think crime and violence will worsen under his leadership, with only 32 percent believing the city will be safer.

The numbers get worse: 43 percent expect businesses to shutter and flee, while 45 percent predict antisemitism will increase—remarkably, even among Mamdani’s own supporters, more think he’ll worsen rather than improve antisemitic violence.

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