Bill de Blasio’s landslide victory in the New York City mayoral race means the Big Apple now has a Democrat Mayor for the first time in 20 years. But de Blasio is not your usual kind of Democrat. He was an unfancied candidate, who came from the lower half of the pack of Democrat contenders to win stunning victories in both the primary and mayoral elections. And his victory suggests that a different kind of progressive politics can capture the imagination of a public ground down by economic crisis.
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