As Zohran Mamdani walked the streets of the Upper East Side for a campaign event to greet early voters, he could barely walk a few steps without being stopped by his supporters.
Two smiling young women looked starstruck and told him they followed him on Instagram. The millennial Democratic nominee for mayor thanked them before posing with another young man who had readied his phone for a selfie.
... (text continues with detailed information about his campaign, leading rival candidates, key issues and Mamdani's proposals) ...I feel like this race means so much to me because it's local. It's going to affect me, my family, my friends, everyone here in New York City.
But it's also sort of sending a message, up the chain about what we want politics to start to look like on the Democratic side on a national level.
