"Trump's worst nightmare": Mamdani wins New York

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After a year in the wilderness for the Democrats, last nights electoral victories have given many a taste of winning again. Races in Democratic strongholds like New York, California, New Jersey and Virginia may not have been a shock - but the scale of the victories and the size of the turnouts has put a spring back into the step of those who’d given up hope. Today we discuss what Zohran Mamdani Gavin Newsom, Abigail Spanberger and others are getting right. And whether it’s a useful predictor for what happens next? #trump #usa #uspolitics #mamdani #newyork #newyorkcity #mayor #cuomo #zohranmamdani #Podcast #UKPodcast #PoliticsPodcast #News #Politics #NewsAgents #EmilyMaitlis #JonSopel #LewisGoodall 0:00 – Democrats’ big night & GOP wake-up call 3:17 – What Mamdani tapped: affordability & turnout 6:34 – Do Dems need to “go left” or just add energy? 9:51 – Identity, New York’s mix & coalition questions 13:08 – Hope, audacity & the Newsom Prop 50 play 16:25 – Gerrymandering fightback & uneasy trade-offs 19:42 – GOP problems: shutdown, costs, and no Trump on ballot 22:59 – Reading the map without overreading the map 26:16 – Dick Cheney obituary: legacy & Iraq war debate 29:33 – “Most powerful VP?” Bush–Cheney dynamics 32:50 – Second-term shifts: Rumsfeld, pardons & principles 36:07 – What last night signals for 2028 & sign-off Download The News Agents with Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall from 5PM every weekday on Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KuVj/ Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@thenewsagents The News Agents website: https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/ The News Agents is a Global Player Original podcast. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with us on the Socials! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsagents.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenewsagents/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenewsagents Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenewsagentsofficial Twitter: https://x.com/TheNewsAgents Shop our merch: https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=TNA