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Zohran Mamdani

Democratic · Mayor of New York City · New York · Spectrum score -71

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Zohran Mamdani is Mayor of New York City in New York. Political positions and ideology score -71 (Far left). Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served since 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City.

Term ends: Dec 31, 2030
Phone: 212-788-7585
Office: City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007
Website: Official site
Wikipedia: Background

Salary: —

Where Zohran stands on the spectrum

Zohran Mamdani scores -71 on Spectrum’s left–right line (far left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -71 · Far left · economic -88 · social -60 · authoritarian -31

Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served since 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he represented the 36th district in the New York State Assembly from 2021 to 2025. Mamdani is New York City's first Muslim and first Asian American mayor.

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Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -88
Social: -60
Authoritarian: -31
Confidence: 68

Taxes & spending-88
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-92
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-82
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-86
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-90
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-58
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-78
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-72
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-52
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-74
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-48
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

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Sources

Ballotpedia, mayors of the 100 largest cities, August 2026
Open States people (municipalities)
www1.nyc.gov
en.wikipedia.org
Local contact is from the public office listing. Scores are modeled, not a roll-call.