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Zohran Mamdani

Mayor of New York City, 2026 to present

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A democratic socialist and former state assemblyman who won New York’s 2025 mayoral election promising rent freezes, free buses and city-run grocery stores.

Zohran Mamdani sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly progressive on culture and leaning nature-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on technology and religion.

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Where Zohran Mamdani sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Zohran Mamdani

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Political views closest to Zohran Mamdani

Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…99%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.98%EcofeminismLinks the domination of women and the domination of nature, and calls for care,…97%Critical theoryExamines how power, class, race and gender shape institutions and ideas, and aims to…96%

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