I agreed to co-write a show recently so I've been writing literally anything, just as you said "pantsing" it and run out of steam within a couple pages. So I've tried to outline and just stare at a blank screen with zero focus. My creative process is its own oxymoron where it wants setting and characters so it can make a story but also wants the story so it can create the setting and characters.
I'm at a loss with myself, except I'm going to keep trying
On your point about what to expect, I expect we'll predominately see articles about all the things Mamdani doesn't accomplish as well as any concessions he makes operating in a system HEAVILY skewed against his policy goals, and very little about what he actually does accomplish. These articles will come from virtually every source, serve to divide any base that exists left of right, and both discredit and dissuade future candidates.
I hope otherwise, but the pattern has historical precedent.