CNN’s chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten on Wednesday dismissed speak that New York Metropolis’s Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is “remaking” the overall citizens and recruiting new voters, noting {that a} “clear, huge” majority of his voters backed former Vice President Kamala Harris within the 2024 election.
“The first win could have been historic, however the cause he leads within the normal election just isn’t historic in any respect,” mentioned Enten in a section with CNN’s John Berman.
Enten defined that New York Metropolis is a “very Democratic metropolis,” one which Harris “did fairly effectively in” and the place 62% of all possible voters in November’s mayoral election voted for her final yr, per a latest New York Occasions/Siena School ballot.
Enten added that 86% of Mamdani’s voters backed Harris, in response to the ballot. The democratic socialist additionally leads former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (64% to 25%) amongst Harris voters.
“He, merely put, is profitable over Democrats, which in New York Metropolis is sufficient,” he mentioned of Mamdani.
“If he had been to take his message nationally, he may discover the citizens nationally to be far harder to persuade of his message.”
Following his beautiful main win in June, Mamdani is dominating the most recent NYT/Siena ballot (46%) over Cuomo (24%), Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa (15%) and scandal-plagued mayor Eric Adams (9%).
Earlier within the section, Enten famous that Mamdani is doing “barely worse” with those that didn’t vote in 2024 and isn’t doing so scorching with those that voted for Trump final yr.
Simply 4% of Trump voters indicated that they’ll select Mamdani in November, per the NYT/Siena ballot.
The democratic socialist — who reportedly received 30% of districts that went to the president final yr — trails Sliwa (50%), Cuomo (23%) and Adams (21%) amongst Trump voters.