Last Tuesday, self-avowed “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani stormed to victory in the New York City mayoral race, completing an astonishing rise to power for the previously unknown 34-year-old Ugandan immigrant. While most of the reaction on the right to Mamdani’s victory has focused on what it says about ongoing demographic shifts in the United States, conservatives shouldn’t ignore the economic anxieties that fueled his popularity – and how the Republican Party must address them. Most of the outrage over Mamdani has centered on the fact that his policy platform reads like a communist wish list: “free” public buses, rent control,…

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