Shifting battle lines of democracy

Mamdani with Dean Fuleihan, who he has named as his first deputy mayor and Elle Bisgaard-Church, his chief of staff, during a press conference at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City on Monday, Nov 10. — Reuters

THE recent election results in America give some hints as to the direction democracy may be headed.

Of course, everyone is talking about Zohran Mamdani. We’ll start there, and then briefly examine California’s Proposition 50.