It’s simple math that underpins our democracy. Citizens cast their ballots; the candidate with the largest tally -the majority- wins. And American Jews should worry.

The phrase “tyranny of the majority” is attributed to 19th-century philosophers Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill. While they applauded the American experiment, they early on recognized the danger of an unreasoning, unjust majority of voters imposing their will on a minority.

The concept of “tyranny of the majority” suggests that lurking within this red-white-blue majority rules tradition is the potential that someday voters could foolishly choose candidates antithetical to our 250-year-old capitalistic, democracy. Changing values, demographics and geopolitics could usher in congressional and executive leaders who could scapegoat a group as part of their takeover.

For a sneak peek at this menace, consider that New York City’s voters in 2025 elected an inexperienced Muslim Democrat Socialist of America (DSA) candidate Zohran Mamdani for their mayor. He was a candidate supported by Israel-detractor Bernie Sanders, far-left Elizabth Warren, the Squad, Trump accuser Leticia James, and NY Govender Kathy Hochul.

He hyped his Robin Hood urban fiscal concept promised to extract revenue from the successful “rich” to fund free transportation and childcare, subsidized groceries and rent-freeze housing. He won because he appealed to the voters with enough energy, charm and an enticing something-for-nothing narrative.

Mamdani was also an outspoken antisemite and anti-Zionist. His father, a Columbia University professor who Zohran........

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