Mamdanis red wedding sweep in NYC House primary races came from small sliver of Dem voters

Zo’s red wedding was small, but a bloodbath nonetheless.Just 7% of active voters supported Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s radical ally Darializa Avila Chevalier over establishment Democrat Rep.Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday’s main event primary, data shows.The overall low turnout — roughly 17% of active Democratic voters citywide, according to state data — came as Avila Chevalier and two other Mamdani-backed House primary winners captured a mix of high-earning, young, white and black voters, analysts found.Insiders also credited the Democratic Socialists of America’s formidable field operations for turning out voters who’d back Mamdani’s preferred candidates — setting the stage for a potential party takeover by the DSA.“This was the red wedding and the victims of the red wedding were the Democrats,” said JC Polanco, a political analyst and professor at the University of Mount Saint Vincent in The Bronx.“It’s a hostile takeover by the Democratic Socialists of America who have demonstrated that they have the organization to win primaries where there is no voter turnout,” Polanco told The Post Wednesday.“In some of these districts nobody votes, it’s a very small turnout and the Democratic Socialists of America come in and win.

They’ve taken over the party locally.”Even for ultra-liberal New York City, the wins by Mamdani’s candidates ultimately came from small slivers of the city’s approximately 3 million active Democratic voters, data shows.Avila Chevalier drew roughly 33,000 votes from 449,000 active voters in the 13th House District covering much of Upper Manhattan, including Harlem, and a swath of the Bronx, preliminary election data shows.Steve Rattner, an economic analyst, posted on X that election data showed college-educated, non-Hispanic voters were more likely to vote for Avila Chevalier.“Last night’s big wins for Mamdani-backed candidates were driven by young college grads, often at odds with the party’s traditional worki...