From Donald Trump suggesting how his presence in the NYC elections could have flipped the mayor race outcome to congratulations from other sides - Here's how the US politics scene reacted to Zohran Mamdani's win.

Former President Barack Obama was as close as North Jersey but still only talked by phone with New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani over the weekend — and withheld endorsing him.

"I know you're watching, turn the volume up," the 34-year-old socialist tells the president as he becomes the first Muslim mayor of New York City.

A video of a recent address by Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate, has been viewed more than 25 million times.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET across New York City. Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, leads in most public polling. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, has re