00:00I wrote I voted for Mom Donnie. And tell us why. Because I feel like there needs to be a desperate
00:05change in New York. He doesn't seem like he was doing much of like fighting back with Trump and
00:09his scandals. Well, we'll go to Leah, who's in Staten Island, New York, Democratic caller. Leah,
00:18did you vote today? Well, I early voted a week ago. Okay. Can you share with us who you voted
00:24for and why? I voted for Mom Donnie. And tell us why. So I voted for Mom Donnie because I feel like
00:33there needs to be a desperate change in New York. The past few mayors really didn't like speak to us.
00:41I mean, Eric Adams, for example, the rent raised so high with him. They, you know, he doesn't seem
00:48like he was doing much of like fighting back with Trump and his scandals, you know, really doesn't
00:53doesn't seem like he was a really good mayor. And Cuomo, we've dealt with him from, you know,
00:59for about 11 years himself. And, you know, after what we saw, New York is not that much better. I
01:04mean, I know he did something with Penn Station, but he really didn't make the MTA any better.
01:10I feel like the Democratic Party in itself abandoned their values to go more center right.
01:18And I'm ready. I'm ready to see a change for that. Leah, do you have any concerns when you hear
01:24the Republicans talking about a Democratic socialist?
01:31No, I mean, I live in Staten Island, and a lot of the population has changed. There's a lot of
01:35Middle Eastern and South Asian people. And when I hear the Republicans going back and forth about,
01:41you know, staying sticking with the party, or we know that Slewa is not going to win. So we have
01:47to vote Cuomo. It feels like how I felt, you know, arguing about what to do to stop Trump coming into
01:53presidency. So I'm not very concerned about the socialist aspect, because to be honest,
01:58Momdani's policies are very democratic and not as socialist as, as they're trying to make him seem he is.
02:05Leah, can I ask you, how old are you?
02:07Um, I'm 29.
02:10You're 29. And how are your friends voting? Your other New York resident city friends?
02:16My community, my friends around my age are all voting Momdani. I have, I don't, I don't know
02:21anybody who's voting Cuomo.
02:23All right, Leah in Staten Island, Sabrina Siddiqui, your reaction to hearing that caller?
02:29It very much fits into what I've heard when I've talked to voters about Zoran Momdani,
02:35and when I've talked to Democrats, um, strategists, pollsters, people who've been studying his
02:40campaign. And one of the key points that they make is that most of the people who are voting
02:47for Momdani are doing it because they genuinely support him. Whereas one of the challenges that
02:53Andrew Cuomo, just insofar as he's the main opposition to Momdani, has faced is that there are,
02:58there's more of a split between those who are voting to support Cuomo and those who are voting
03:04for him simply because they don't want Momdani. Um, and a lot of that speaks to just how much
03:09Momdani's message has resonated. Um, you know, polls show that most New York City residents believe
03:16that cost of living is their top issue. Um, you know, and I think that's certainly the case for
03:22Momdani's voters. Cuomo voters are a little bit more divided on cost of living and crime, but
03:26the majority of the city believes that the cost, that cost of living is the city's most important
03:31issue. Um, and they, they talk about, they talk about the cost of housing, um, and rent as, and
03:38they also talk about, um, you know, just the fact that the city has become so expensive that many of
03:44them can't afford to live there anymore. Um, and I think you're going to hear that a lot from people
03:49who cast their ballots from Momdani today, and it's going to be a really big part of what we anticipate
03:53is going to be a fairly significant victory for him. Subscribe to One India and never miss an update.
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