Cuomo holds double-digit lead in New York City mayor's race: Poll

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) holds a double-digit lead in the New York City mayoral race, according to a Siena College poll released Tuesday.

The poll showed Cuomo ahead in the first round of a hypothetical ranked-choice voting match-up, with 34 percent support to the 16 percent earned by his next closest opponent in the Democratic primary, State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani. City Comptroller Brad Lander, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and former Comptroller Scott Stringer tied for third with 6 percent support each, while the remaining candidates all received less than 5 percent.

Playing out the hypothetical ranked-choice voting system, in which the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their votes are redistributed on the basis of their voters’ second preferences, Cuomo would win the Democratic nomination in the eighth round, finishing with 54 percent of the vote to Mamdani’s 27 percent and Lander’s 19 percent.

The poll is the first major one of the race since incumbent Mayor Eric Adams (D) chose to run as an independent rather than continue in the Democratic primary, citing the effect that his criminal case had on his chances of winning the nomination. Adams had been trailing in the polls of the Democratic field well behind Cuomo, usually receiving support in the low double digits or high single digits.




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