How and Why did Zohran Mamdani win?

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On 1st July, the results of the New York City Mayoral Democratic Party Primary were out. Whoever wins the democratic primary is likely to be the mayor of NYC. Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic Party Primary. The City follows a ranked choice system where votes are transferred to a higher candidate until someone achieves at least 50% of the vote. Mamdani was leading in the first round before the transfer of votes. He defeated the long-time veteran of New York Politics, Andrew Cuomo, 56-44 in the second round. Hence, now Mamdani will head towards the final New York Mayoral election in November.  This article is not about him, his ideology or whether that will help New York City; rather, it is about how he managed to win the election and what both parties of the USA, as well as any political enthusiast, can learn from that.  Founded by the Dutch in 1624, New York City is the largest city in the USA and is the heart of Wall Street, the symbol of free market capitalism...
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Politics in Everyday Life- A Podcast

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Greetings to all listeners and readers!!

In the podcast episode, we have tried to create a unique initiative ie. have a discussion on clubhouse with the esteemed audience and later on turn it into a useful podcast for the general public.

About the Guests

Special thanks to the speakers of the day who actively participated in the discussion and made it a grand success. 

1. Aswin Shanil

2. Libin Mathew

3. Karthik Uday

4. Noel Thomas Bejoy

5. Ayush Pal 

Summary of the podcast

Politics affects our daily lives in big and small ways. It is all about you being aware of it. This discussion isn't a well researched one or even for that matter an intellectual one but it is an eye-opener for everyone and will surely make you think. 

Check our previous episode here. 

This episode closely looks into the genric scenario, specific issues, concerns, examples and scenarios. All the speakers kept a high standard of points and high-quality discussion. Everyone had done some quality research and it was evident with the issues we had covered. 

This is just a brief summary do check out the full podcast episode. 

The mic that used for recording. 

Where can you find the podcast?

If you are a regular consumer of a podcast you will be very well aware of various platforms used to hear them. Some platforms allow you to listen without logging in while some others require compulsory logging in. 

As you know the most popular app is Spotify. Here is the Spotify frame. 


Also, feel free to listen to previous episodes and follow us there as well.

If you have any preference on where to listen to the podcast, then chose any platform from those given below and listen at your convenience. 

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