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How affordability became the year’s defining US political issue
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Mr Zohran Mamdani helped inject the word “affordability” into the political zeitgeist with his insurgent campaign for New York City mayor.
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NEW YORK – In this year’s elections in the US, Democrats across the political spectrum built their campaigns around a single word: affordability. It paid off.
Victories by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani

