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Youth Vote Surged in NYC. Was It a Paradigm Shift?

Brigid Bergin and Joe Hong Gothamist
A Gothamist analysis of turnout data shows voters between ages 30 and 39 made up the largest share of a record-setting 2 million voters. Turnout among 18- to 29-year-old voters nearly tripled. Does Mamdani’s success represent a paradigm shift?

Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress in NY-13

Justice Democrats endorse a young, progressive challenger in the Congressional District that encompasses Harlem and Washington Heights, the core of the Dominican community in New York

Friday Nite Videos | November 14, 2025

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The Electric Bill Election

David Dayen The American Prospect
On Tuesday, the soaring cost of power was a key factor in several races. Democrats have a plan that can match their economic populist rhetoric.

Donald Trump’s Plan To Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way

David A. Graham The Atlantic
Our election system is reaching a breaking point. Imagine for a moment that it’s late on Election Day, November 3, 2026. Republicans have kept their majority in the Senate, but too many House races are still uncalled to tell who has won that chamber

The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million state Medicaid recipients.

Can a Squad of Progressive Vets Storm Capitol Hill in 2026?

Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon Portside
Fortunately, heading into the 2026 mid-term elections some military veterans from working class backgrounds are trying to challenge big money in politics with what Nebraska Senatorial candidate Dan Osborn calls “paycheck populism.”

Cuomo Embraces Islamophobia in Waning Days of Mayoral Campaign

Yoav Gonen and Claudia Irizarry Aponte The City
The former governor participated in a radio interview on Thursday where he laughed with the cohost imagining mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim, cheering on a future 9/11 attack against the city.
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