Here are five takeaways from New York City’s second experience with ranked-choice voting, and how it helped Zohran Mamdani secure a decisive victory.

In the final round, Mamdani picked up 99,069 additional votes from his eliminated challengers, nearly double the 53,493 votes gained by Cuomo in the tabulation. The strong showing is likely a result of the heavily-promoted “Don’t Rank Cuomo” strategy which urged voters to leave him off their ballot entirely.

The winner of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary featuring progressive Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is likely to be finalized Tuesday when the city’s board of elections announ