"At 82, Joyce Ravitz is aware that she can no longer go up and down the stairs of New York's walk-ups the city's iconic early-20th-century buildings that still don't have elevators. Not with the same ease she did three decades ago, when she began volunteering for political campaigns. But that hasn't deterred her from going door to door in search of votes for New York City's new Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani."
"A year after launching his campaign, Mamdani heads into this Tuesday's election an event that could end with the selection of New York's first Muslim socialist Democratic mayor with a lead of between five and 26 points over his opponents, according to polls. The candidate himself attributes his meteoric rise to those like Ravitz, who have taken to the streets day after day, deploying what may be the most basic campaign tactic of all: knocking on doors."
Joyce Ravitz, 82, continues door-to-door canvassing for Zohran Mamdani despite limited ability to climb walk-up stairs. She is among roughly 100,000 volunteers who spent the past year bringing a message of building a more affordable city to over a million New York voters. Mamdani, 34, has mobilized youthful leadership, used social media, and reached young voters in nightclubs and concerts. He won the June Democratic primary despite low early odds and now leads rivals by polls estimating between five and 26 points. Mamdani credits daily street canvassing for his meteoric rise alongside millions of phone calls and over a million texts.
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