Twitch began as an interactive streaming platform for people who wanted to share their love of gaming. Over time, it has evolved into a place to livestream almost anything, from cooking and music to, increasingly, politics. That shift has caught the attention of at least one young mayor who is keen to meet voters where they already are online.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking his political outreach into the streaming world with the launch of a new Twitch series that lets residents question him live online – a move described as one of the most unconventional experiments in modern American politics.
