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Erika Kirk Says Career-Driven Women May 'Look to the Government' for Relationship Support After NYC Mayor Win

Erika Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA, commented at the DealBook Summit that many career-driven women in large cities may "look to the government as a form of replacement" for certain relationship supports. She said she worries reliance on government could lead some women to postpone marriage or family. Kirk called it "ironic" that many of Zohran Mamdani’s supporters were female; Mamdani won 75% of votes from 18–29-year-olds and 82% of young women, per CIRCLE at Tufts.

02:54 PM, 12/04/2025Politics
Erika Kirk Says Career-Driven Women May 'Look to the Government' for Relationship Support After NYC Mayor Win

Erika Kirk, chief executive of Turning Point USA and widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, addressed the DealBook Summit on Dec. 3 and weighed in on the gender dynamics of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race.

Speaking with DealBook editor-at-large Andrew Ross Sorkin, Kirk said she noticed a high percentage of Mamdani’s supporters were women and suggested that in large, career-focused cities many people — particularly career-driven women — can sometimes "look to the government as a form of replacement for certain things, relationship-wise."

"There’s a tendency, especially when you live in a city like Manhattan, where you are so career-driven, and you almost look to the government as a form of replacement for certain things, relationship-wise, even, so you see things a little bit differently," Kirk said.

After pausing, Kirk added that she hopes young women do not rely on government support as a reason to delay starting a family or marrying, and she framed her remarks in terms of financial and personal partnership: she expressed a preference for couples supporting one another rather than depending on public assistance.

Kirk described it as "ironic and so interesting" that a large portion of Mamdani’s backers were female. Her remarks came amid broader discussion about how younger voters shaped the mayoral contest.

Context: Zohran Mamdani won the Nov. 4 New York City mayoral election, defeating former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (who ran as an independent) and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani will be the first Muslim and the first elected democratic socialist to lead New York City and is scheduled to be sworn in on Jan. 1, 2026. According to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University, Mamdani received 75% of the vote among voters aged 18–29 and 82% of the vote among young women.

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