We’re still in the early days of organization in the imperial core. People simply have no idea what to look for in a leader.
So far Mamdani is a just a city mayor, but also the de-facto leader of the American socialist movement in the eyes of the public. He will eventually need to superceeded as unprecedented changes to material reality continue to occur.
I really wish China was as good as the US at manufacturing color revolutions and installing comprador regimes.