Democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani owns a 19-point advantage over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race, according to a new Siena Poll released Tuesday.
According to the survey of registered but not likely voters, 44% said they support Mamdani compared to 25% who back Cuomo, who’s running as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the Democrat primary.
Another 12% said they back Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, and 7% said they support incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who’s also running as an independent, according to the poll.
“While City Democrats favor Mamdani over Cuomo 53-32%, with single digits for the other two, more than two-thirds of City Republicans support Sliwa. City independent voters are more closely divided, with 30% supporting Mamdani and 20% supporting Adams,” Siena pollster Steven Greenberg said in the analysis.
“City voters under 35 are overwhelmingly supporting Mamdani, as are a plurality of voters 35-54, however, voters 55 and older back Cuomo over Mamdani, 38-32%,” he added.
Despite the polling, Adams and Cuomo have vowed to remain in the race even as they target a very similar donor and voting base. Sliwa is also rebuffing calls to drop out, saying he will leave the race only if he’s dead.
