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Explaining Mamdani’s Appeal to the Young, With Polling, by Steve Cortes – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Steve Cortes, Chronicles, November 6, 2025

Steve Cortes is president of the League of American Workers, a populist right pro-laborer advocacy group, and senior political advisor to Catholic Vote. He is a former senior advisor to President Trump and JD Vance, and a former commentator for Fox News and CNN.

This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.

How do we understand the victory of a Marxist radical?

It’s a sad day for the de facto capital of the world, New York City. The epicenter of American finance, media, and dynamism now enters a self-imposed trajectory of decline.

But those of us on the populist right should not merely shake our heads and bemoan the extremism of Mamdani, frightening though it is. Instead, we must understand his appeal, so that we may most effectively counter his un-American ideas and continue to build on our 2024 triumph—to earn further big gains nationally among young voters for patriotic populism.

Polling shows the pathway to that success. …

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