Want to write a political speech in 2026? All you need is a noun, a verb and the word “affordable.”
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Want to win an election in 2026? That’s a little more complicated.
The results haven’t been certified yet in the primaries, but it’s clear that Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 win wasn’t a one-off fluke. Instead, some of the fundamentals of politics have changed in New York. You can’t be caught running the same strategies you learned from a VHS tape in a TikTok world.
There’s not just a 24-hour news cycle now, there’s a 24-hour content cycle. New Yorkers are prioritizing energy over experience. And voters are a lot more forgiving than they used to be – though it seems sexual assault allegations will still sink a campaign.
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Of course, like Calvinball in the newspaper comics, the rules of New York politics are made up as we go. So read up on the latest edition, before it all changes again.
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