The outcome of this month’s US elections suggests the Democratic Party may have found some purchase as it continues to scrabble around for any way to reverse recent disastrous changes in electoral preferences among voters.
The election of Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s next mayor – plus impressive gains in referential, local and gubernational elections in states including Virginia, New Jersey and California – indicated a strong showing from the somewhat reworked left-leaning party in an off-cycle year (meaning it was not part of the regular bi-annual cycle of federal legislative elections).
