What happened is that all the progressive candidates agreed to rank each other. In effect, a vote for any of the other commie candidates became a vote for the Muslim via ranked choice.

He's now the de facto mayor elect. It'll take a major effort for him to not win in November. I fear there will be several "anti-Mamdani" candidates, splitting the vote, handing him the victory. Adams isn't dropping out. Republicans are trying to get another candidate on the ballot after gifting Silwa the primary win unopposed. Cuomo isn't dropping out (also running as an independent for the general election).

He said "globalize the intifada" is a good idea, which is a literal call for violence against Jews.

He "came out of nowhere" to win, but he had a barrage of mainstream media coverage leading up to the election. That's the same playbook they used to promote Obama.