"Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's affordability platform is broadly popular with Americans across the U.S., new polling finds, adding evidence to the notion that politicians looking for winning ideas should consider tacking to the left. Polling of 1,133 American adults conducted by YouGov in the days surrounding Mamdani's decisive win in New York City's mayoral election finds majority support for all of the major tenets of Mamdani's platform,"
"Mamdani's proposal for publicly-owned grocery stores, for instance, was highly criticized by the media and pundits. But the polling found that 57 percent of Americans say they support such a proposal, and only 32 percent said they oppose it. The same went for other proposals that Mamdani repeated time and again on the campaign trail, which all also enjoyed a double-digit margin of support over opposition."
"Implementing a rent freeze for lower-income residents receives 65 percent support among Americans, while providing free universal child care for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years old is favored by 66 percent, the polling found. Fifty-five percent of respondents support raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour in the next five years, and 53 percent back Mamdani's proposal to permanently eliminate bus fares."
Polling of 1,133 American adults conducted by YouGov around the New York City mayoral election found majority support for all major tenets of Mamdani's affordability platform. Supporters favored publicly owned grocery stores (57% support, 32% oppose), a rent freeze for lower-income residents (65% support), free universal child care for ages six weeks to five years (66% support), raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour within five years (55% support), and permanently eliminating bus fares (53% support). Nearly 7 in 10 respondents backed raising taxes on corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent to fund the agenda.
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