Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani voted for himself on the Working Families Party’s ballot line – rather than the Democrat line — early Tuesday in his fight to become the Big Apple’s next mayor, his campaign confirmed.
The 34-year-old was flanked by his artist wife, Rama Duwaji, as they arrived holding hands at the polling booth at Astoria’s Frank Sinatra High School just after 8 a.m.
Mamdani’s decision to vote on the Working Families Party line, despite being the Democratic nominee, comes after fellow NY Dem Rep. Tom Suozzi blasted the frontrunner as not being a true Democrat.
“I think that someone asked me before, is Zohran Mamdani the future of the Democratic Party? I said, no, he’s the future of the Democratic Socialist Party. He’s not a Democrat. And I’m a Democratic capitalist, not a Democratic Socialist,” Suozzi, who endorsed ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” Monday.
Mamdani also finally revealed, after repeatedly dodging questions throughout the campaign, that he voted “yes” on the first five ballot measures — with the lefty candidate crowing about the need for more housing across all five boroughs.
The only measure he voted against — Measure 6 — would switch mayoral elections to presidential years.
The far-left candidate’s rivals — Cuomo, who is running as an independent, and GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa — cast their own votes later in the morning.
Cuomo, who joked he was “still deciding” as he filled out his ballot, made a last-ditch effort to peel off votes from Sliwa before heading to the polls — just hours after President Trump threw his support behind the former governor on the eve of the election.
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“President Trump saying to the Republicans, ‘Don’t vote for Sliwa, you are wasting your vote,’ that could be very helpful,” Cuomo told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”
“President Trump is pragmatic. He is telling them the reality of the situation, which is if you do not vote, Mamdani is going to win. Republicans, you have to get up and come out and vote. Even if you are not voting Republican, you are voting to save New York City.”
“It’s all B.S. It’s all campaign rhetoric,” Cuomo added of Mamdani’s promises.
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It comes after Trump, who repeatedly blasted Mamdani as a “Communist” during the campaign, threatened to withhold federal funds from the city if the socialist is victorious.
“Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!” Trump wrote on Truth Social hours before the polls opened.
“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home.”
In just three hours, nearly 200,000 voters had already hit the polls across the city first thing Tuesday.
“I voted for Cuomo. I like him. He’s trying to follow in his father’s footsteps, keeping the legacy going,” Omar Edwards, a 46 year-old engineer, told The Post at a Brooklyn polling booth.
“My mother voted for Zohran. I know nothing about the man. You want to defund the police, tax the rich – that’s the Z-man. That’s all I know about him.”
Adrian Buckmaster, 70, and his 56-year-old partner, Irene Delgado, both backed Mamdani.
“Zohran is a breath of fresh air,” Buckmaster said. “I think he’s straight and honest. He walks the walk. I hope it works.”
“If he gets in by a good margin, I think it’ll change how people see politics. It’ll give the right a big jolt. It’s telling how they are rallying against him,” he added.
His partner agreed, calling the Democratic socialist the “hope for the future.”
“Everything that has been done before him has shaken this city to its core and now we have someone who has risen from the ashes and created such a force that people are aware and the right wingers are scared,” she said.
In the lead up to Election Day, more than 730,000 New Yorkers had already cast their ballots — a record turnout for early voting and nearly double the showing from the Democratic primary back in June.
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