Muslim American voters turned out in force during the 2025 municipal and gubernatorial elections, overwhelmingly backing progressive and Democratic candidates across key races, according to new data released by the U.S. Muslim Lobby.
The organization’s official report highlights a striking level of political unity within the Muslim electorate. In California, 92% of Muslim voters supported the state’s constitutional amendment allowing redistricting changes — a measure Republicans denounced as a partisan effort to favor Democrats.
In high-profile contests, Muslim voters showed near-unanimous support for left-leaning candidates. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) won 84% of the Muslim vote in her New Jersey gubernatorial election bid, while Zohran Mamdani secured a staggering 97% of Muslim ballots in his successful race for Mayor of New York City.
The trend extended south to Virginia, where 86% of Muslim voters backed Abigail Spanberger for governor and 95% supported Ghazala Hashmi, who made history by becoming the state’s first Muslim lieutenant governor.
In a statement accompanying the data, the U.S. Muslim Lobby hailed the record turnout as a sign of growing political empowerment.
“American Muslims are present, making their voices heard, and shaping the future of our nation,” the organization said. “In the face of unprecedented levels of hatred toward Muslims, they voted proudly and exercised their right to vote in New York City, Virginia, California, New Jersey, and other states during the historic 2025 elections. We will continue, inshallah (God willing), to assist, train, and mobilize Muslim voters in the United States so that their voices are heard in every election.”
The numbers underscore a broader shift in the American Muslim community’s political engagement — once viewed as a quiet, overlooked voting bloc, now emerging as a decisive force in major races.
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Food for thought for the Satmar communities.
The scary part is not that Muslims voted, It is that they voted for the candidate solely because they are Muslim or Democrat. This is similar to the black community who vote for canidates solely based on skin color or because they are Democrats. Basically this is the end of America as we know it. It took our community many years until we matured and began voting for more conservative canidates that represent our values
This will prove to be very unstable since left-wing, i.e., “woke”, place a high value on sexual freedom and support for the LGBTQ ideology, most of which is considered a capital offense in Islam. They may agree on being anti-Jewish (which is why they oppose Israel) and being anti-Christian, but that isn’t enough to form an alliance.
Wow, 97% took the time to register and vote. We had only 40,000 votes in Boro Park.
On the other hand in Minneapolis the Jewish incumbent defeated his Somali Moslem challenger, in large part because much of the Somali community would rather vote for a Jew than for a Somali from the wrong clan. The challenger was from the same clan as Ilhan Omar, who campaigned for him, but her ex-husband, who is from the majority clan, campaigned for Frey and his clan voted for Frey. Next year we may see them vote her out too.