{"id":801,"date":"2025-10-29T12:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorelogics.org\/jordandonegan\/?p=801"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:54:33","slug":"students-canvass-for-zohran-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorelogics.org\/jordandonegan\/students-canvass-for-zohran-mamdani\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Canvass for Zohran Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"801\" class=\"elementor elementor-801\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e3d09 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-a6ecb49 \" data-id=\"95e3d09\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"95e3d09\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"95e3d09\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7793d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7793d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the 2025-26 academic school year, Fordham University student activists involved with various political organizations have canvassed for Zohran Mamdani across New York City and other surrounding areas. These groups include the Fordham Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), which is not an officially recognized club at Fordham, and the Fordham College Democrats.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to YDSA co-chair Matthew Smith, FCRH \u201926, their initiatives have centered on developing the backbone of support for Mamdani\u2019s socialist ideals. Similar to YDSA, the College Democrats have conducted door-to-door canvassing to promote Mamdani\u2019s campaign. Atacus Jarrett, FCRH \u201928,\u00a0 treasurer of the Fordham College Democrats, shared his experience with canvassing.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPolitical canvassing, regardless of what party you\u2019re in, is one of the best ways for any young person to get involved in their community and in their political community,\u201d Jarrett said. \u201cIt\u2019s also just fun because you pretty much get to see people from all walks of life and all experiences.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Oct. 18 and 19, members of YDSA spent their weekend canvassing for Mamdani throughout the neighborhoods of Harlem and Washington Heights. Smith said that Fordham\u2019s chapter of YDSA has been advocating for Mamdani since the 2024-25 academic school year, when Mamdani launched his mayoral campaign.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYDSA has supported Zohran Mamdani for years. including before he was running for mayor and was simply one of our DSA members elected to the state assembly,\u201d Smith said in an email. \u201cBeing a Democratic organization, we began to support his mayoral campaign as soon as the NYC-DSA membership voted to run him. His campaign moved past the normal democratic\/liberal policies of pandering to the capitalists, hoping they will help working people, and instead proposed real socialist reforms like city-owned grocery stores, social housing and public safety not centered around policing.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith said that YDSA has previously canvassed in Parkchester and Inwood, along with tabling at Fordham. He also said that people have largely been \u201cvery receptive\u201d to Mamdani\u2019s message.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople like to claim that socialism is scary but his message has inspired so many people that we talked to at the doors,\u201d Smith said.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this semester, members of the College Democrats participated in door-knocking on the Upper West Side through Mamdani\u2019s campaign and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Jarrett described door-knocking as \u201cone of the best ways to get involved in your community.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is the simplest way to connect with the largest number of people you can,\u201d said Jarrett. \u201cIt is a safe and historic way of taking a political stance in this country and doing what\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Jarrett, canvassing is not solely about convincing people to vote for whichever candidate they endorse; it is about educating people on voter registration and community involvement.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re not always just trying to change someone\u2019s mind. A lot of times, you\u2019re just trying to make sure they vote and make sure that they know how to vote,\u201d Jarrett said. \u201cMany people aren\u2019t informed about where and when they can vote, and whether or not they\u2019re even registered.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Jarrett, the DSA is one of the largest canvassing groups, which he believes gives insight into the current political atmosphere.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is really indicative of the shift in American politics, especially New York politics and Democratic politics, where young people are not afraid of the word socialism anymore,\u201d Jarrett said. \u201cAnd not even just the word, people aren\u2019t afraid of the policies of socialism. Because we\u2019ve seen what neoliberal capitalism has done to our society. We understand that it has its positives and negatives.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jarrett emphasized the importance of talking to people one-on-one in order to preserve the American democratic system.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd at the end of the day, talking to people and communicating one-on-one is just the purest form of connecting with other people. 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