Election sweep could rejuvenate embattled US Democrats

Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, and his wife Rama Duwaji during an election night event at The Brooklyn Paramount Theater in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.  [AFP]

Progressive Democrat Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoral race by a landslide while Democrats also secured decisive victories in the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. This comes at a time when Democrats control neither chamber of Congress and were defeated by President Donald Trump in last year's presidential elections.

It also comes at a time when the party's popularity stands  at record lows, with 75 percent of Americans saying they feel "frustrated" with the Democratic Party, according to the Pew Research Center.