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Trouble in the Democratic SocialistsrCO Paradise

ThenrCocandidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a
press conference in New York City, October 8, 2025.(Kylie Cooper/Reuters)
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By Noah Rothman
June 22, 2026 12:50 PM
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John FundrCOs timely warning about the march of the Democratic Socialists through AmericarCOs electoral institutions should not be missed.

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His forecast of a future in which the DSA becomes a full-fledged urban rCLpolitical machinerCY is a dire one, and his criticism of the GOP for failing to rCLpromote their own solutions to urban problemsrCY is
doubtlessly true. rCLThe result,rCY Fund warns, rCLis that socialism, which had never really taken root in America, is now in danger of becoming the secular religion of many voters rCo especially disillusioned young people.rCY

The menace posed by the rise of a hate group to political prominence
should not be underappreciated. But the threat it represents can be
overstated if projections of its inevitable ascendancy rest on the straight-line fallacy. There will be plenty of potentially debilitating
bumps along the road.

The New York Times identified one of those bumps on Sunday. In his quest
to conquer the Democratic Party, New York CityrCOs most famous socialist, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, rCLstill has work to do,rCY the paper conceded.
Without Mamdani on the ballot, early voting in New YorkrCOs primary has featured an electorate that is rCLtrending toward being smaller and older.rCY

ThatrCOs an existential crisis for a political movement that depends on younger voters. rCLThe trend was pronounced enough that, in recent days,
the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America called an
emergency meeting to discuss what one leader described as the
rCycrateringrCO youth vote and how to correct course,rCY the Times report added, citing anonymous DSA sources.

The DSA platform rCo which emphasizes the expansion of collectivist social programs, reduced reliance on law enforcement and cooperation with the
federal government, and, perhaps above all, the scourge of Israel rCo
appeals primarily to young voters.

The socialist candidate who won her primary for mayor of Washington,
D.C., last week relied on that very coalition, according to pre-election polling: rCLyounger white residents whorCOve lived in Washington less than
10 years, the Times reported. Indeed, often a lot less than ten years,
insofar as many Janeese Lewis George voters are likely students and
young professionals. The DSA candidaterCOs more conventional Democratic opponent, by contrast, rCLdid better with older Black residentsrCY as well
as Washingtonians who rCLsay crime is the cityrCOs largest problem.rCY

In his own primary election for New York CityrCOs mayoralty, Mamdani
himself struggled with a similar dynamic, performing worse in districts
that were dominated by poorer or predominantly black longtime residents.

If progressives and socialists were successful in their quest to restore rCLaffordabilityrCY to life in American cities, theyrCOd be doing themselves a disservice. After all, they owe their political careers to the
apprehensions and pretensions of youngish transients.

That could be a problem when the DSA attempts to export its political
model into the suburbs. ThatrCOs where progressive policies have pushed erstwhile city dwellers, after all. The DSA could thus become a victim
of its own successes in American cities.

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