# The Mamdani effect enraging Trump

An episode of [ABC News Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1349523628), 6 Aug 2026, 16 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/n7/Z/sr.mp3

It’s been dubbed the 'Mamdani effect': support for democratic socialists has been surging since Zoran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York last year. Now another progressive, Abdul El-Sayed, has defeated a moderate to win Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Today, Geoff Kabaservice from the centre-right think tank, the Niskanen Center, on what this shift means for the Democratic Party, and whether the party’s leftward momentum poses a threat to Donald Trump and the Republicans. Featured: Geoff Kabaservice, Vice President for political studies at the Niskanen Centre

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