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I ranked the NYC mayoral candidates exclusively based on their bagel orders

JL;DR SUMMARY In an entertaining piece, Hannah Feuer ranks New York City mayoral candidates based solely on their bagel orders, a quirky but culturally significant metric in the city known for its bagel obsessives. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Food CultureNew York CityLocal PoliticsBagelsJewish VotersPolitical PreferencesHumorElectionsMayoral CandidatesCultural Signifiers

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New York City, New York, United States
"Bagels have long played an outsized role in New York City politics, from Cynthia Nixons disastrous order combining cinnamon raisin and lox to the time Bill DeBlasio seemed to lie about getting his bagel toasted."
Morningside Heights, New York, United States
"The order: As someone who grew up in Morningside Heights, I have to go back to Absolute Bagels."
Burlington, Vermont, United States
"Hannah Feuer joined the Forward as a general assignment reporter in May 2025 after two years as a culture reporter at Seven Days, an independent weekly in Burlington, Vermont."
Washington DC, United States
"Originally from the Washington, D.C., area, she is a 2023 graduate of Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism."

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