NYC Mayor's Race: Poll finds Mamdani beats Adams if Cuomo sits out in November - but not if former governor stays in rac

Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani’s path to election as mayor this November may very well depend on whether former Gov. Andrew Cuomo stays in the race.

As speculation swirls over whether former Cuomo will continue his campaign as an independent after conceding the Democratic primary to Mamdani, a new poll shows the two candidates in a statistical tie heading into November’s general election.

The polling, conducted independently by the Honan Strategy Group 48 hours after Mamdani’s stunning victory, showed both Mamdani and Cuomo garnering 39% support among likely general election voters in a five-way race between them, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, independent candidate Jim Walden and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who trailed at 13%.

In that hypothetical race, given to 817 likely voters, pollsters listed Mamdani on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, Cuomo as an Independent on the Fight and Deliver ballot line, and Adams as an Independent on the End Anti Semitism and Safe & Affordable ballot lines.



https://www.amny.com/politics/poll-mamdani-beats-adams-cuomo-independent/