On a historic night for democratic socialists, Mamdani says midterms show power of working-class voters

The New York mayor tells NPR's Juana Summers that newly elected democratic socialists need to seize this moment and show voters what politics can deliver.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7437x4958+0+0/resize/7437x4958!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2Ff5%2F90e3aaaf4191ba1b90c2d097ecbd%2Fap26264806899494.jpg' alt='New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to media after his meeting with President Donald Trump, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, in New York.'/><p>The New York mayor tells NPR's Juana Summers that newly elected democratic socialists need to seize this moment and show voters what politics can deliver.</p><p>(Image credit: Adam Gray)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6028105' />