Surging Mamdani cuts Cuomos lead in Democratic NYC mayoral primary to just single digits: poll

Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is surging, cutting ex-Gov.Andrew Cuomo’s frontrunner status in the Democratic primary to just a single digit lead, according to a new poll released Wednesday.The latest PIX 11/ Emerson College poll has the Queens state Assemblyman holding his own with Cuomo for 10 rounds of ranked-choice voting before being eliminated with a nine-point spread, 54.4% to 45.6%.But with less than a month to the June 24 Democratic mayoral primary, only a small fraction of voters appear to be up for grabs, with 3.5% of voters still undecided, according to the survey conducted May 23 to 26.“With four weeks to go, the question is whether Cuomo can run out the clock, or if he needs to win over second-choice voters to hold off Mamdani’s momentum,” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.In the ranked-choice simulation, the first for the pollster, the former governor continued his strong first-round showing at 35% of the vote and Mamdani coming in second at 23%.City Comptroller Brad Lander was third with 11%, followed by former Comptroller Scott Stringer with 9%, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams with 8% and Brooklyn state Sen.

Zellnor Myrie with 5%.Round after round, the poll showed Mamdani continuing to gain ground by picking up more of the second-choice votes from Democrats after their first-choice candidates were eliminated.Under the system, voters rank their top five candidates.A winner is only selected after getting more than 50% of the vote, with the lowest-ranked contender dropping off each round.

Those votes then fall to the next-ranked candidate who has yet to be eliminated.Playing nice on the left has appeared to greatly benefit Mamdani, 33, who has formed a loose alliance with other candidates in a strategic bid to block the thrice-elected 67-year-old gov from making a political comeback.The young Queens pol even urged supporters to donate funds to rival Adrienne Adams’ mayoral campaign to ...