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NYC's Upset Election Was Drawn Along an Odd Line: Car Ownership
Car ownership and transit ridership serve as a shorthand for someone's entire living situation — and, apparently, their politics.
New York City held its primaries for November's mayoral race yesterday, where New Yorkers delivered an upset: Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won out over disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo in the first round of voting. It's the kind of thing that New York residents would almost immediately notice on a map of the five boroughs — Mamdani won in higher-density districts, Cuomo took less-dense areas — but the data backs up the vibes. The maps may not be perfectly aligned — Cuomo managed to underperform in Staten Island of all places — but they speak to how diverse the living situations in New York's five boroughs really are.
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