They resent Mamdani in large part for the cognitive dissonance they feel for being a lot more conservative than they are comfortable admitting to their friends on the cocktail circuit.
Luke O'Neil“This is a group of people who are not far left and mostly feel politically homeless,” Guttman said. “They see the mayor’s office and they don’t really identify as that Democrat,” she added, referring to New York City’s democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani.