Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, @BernieSanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT. I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead. If we can say it, we believe in compassion and love…Oh my God it’s a radical thing. pic.twitter.com/zRIhilDtoi — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 16, 2025(West Virginia, until the last decade a Democratic stronghold, voted nearly 70% for Trump in 2024, though only 55% of eligible voters participated, 10% below the national average.) Mamdani faces three major opponents in the Mayor’s race — Republican Curtis Sliwa, incumbent Eric Adams and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has also painted Mamdani as a radical — in opposition to his own proclaimed centrism.