What Mamdani’s Success Reveals About the Democrats

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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4.3 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today on the show, Fareed speaks with Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow at Brookings, and Astead Herndon, editorial director at Vox, about what Zohran Mamdani’s popularity in the New York City mayoral race reveals tells us about the state of the Democratic Party.Then, Karen Hao, author of “Empire of AI”, sits down with Fareed to discuss the race among Silicon Valley's tech elite to build the ultimate AI model—and the unseen consequences of that effort.Finally, Fareed is joined by China expert Dan Wang, author of the new book, "Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future,” for a conversation about whether Beijing is ready for a prolonged trade showdown with the US, and what a potential deal could look like.GUESTS: Elaine Kamarck (@EKamarck), Astead Herndon (@AsteadWH), Karen Hao (@_KarenHao), Dan Wang (@danwwang) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.0	I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you from New York.
0:10.0	Today on the program, New Yorkers have begun to vote for a new mayor.
0:17.0	The main candidates are a very progressive 34-year-old,
0:21.6	and a man almost double his age, who left the governor's office in scandal,
0:28.6	and already lost to the younger man in the Democratic primary.
0:32.6	We have won!
0:34.6	What does this race tell us about the state of the Democratic Party in America?
0:41.0	I'll talk to Astid Herndon and Elaine Kmark.
0:45.2	Also, these stats from the Financial Times are stunning.
0:50.7	AI has accounted for 40% of American GDP growth and 80% of its stock market gains so far this year.
0:59.0	Is the industry getting out of control before its product even becomes smarter than us?
1:05.0	And whatever happens in this round of the U.S.-China trade war...
1:11.1	We don't have tariffs. We're not going to have national security.
1:13.6	Another one will surely be coming soon.
1:16.6	Does one of the opponents have the ability to land a knockout punch?
1:21.6	I'll ask an expert.
1:30.3	But first, here's my take. If you watch the news these days and feel that beyond the daily chaos, something seems broken in our politics, you're not alone.
1:40.3	A recent Pew survey of 23 countries finds that a median of 58% of adults are dissatisfied with how their democracy works.
1:50.0	In the U.S., more than 60% share that view.
1:54.0	In Italy and France, nearly 7 in 10.
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