The Closing 3 within the NYC Mayor’s Race: Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa.
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Amongst registered voters, Mamdani receives 49% assist, adopted by Cuomo with 28% and Sliwa with 13%. Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped out after the deadline to take away names from the poll, was nonetheless included within the ballot and earned 3%.
When the outcomes are narrowed to possible voters, Mamdani’s lead grows. He captures 52%, in contrast with 28% for Cuomo, 14% for Sliwa, and a couple of% for Adams.
The survey, carried out Oct. 10–14 amongst 1,003 registered voters, together with 793 possible voters, signifies that Mamdani’s base seems essentially the most dedicated: 89% of his registered-voter supporters say they’re sure about their alternative, in contrast with 75% of Cuomo’s and 82% of Sliwa’s.
The ballot finds 42% of New Yorkers are happy with how issues are going within the metropolis, up modestly from 37% in September. Crime stays the highest concern, cited by 25% of respondents, adopted by the price of dwelling (20%) and housing affordability (16%).
On main points, voters specific extra confidence in Mamdani than in his rivals. Practically half say they belief him most to deal with the native financial system and price of dwelling (49%), housing (49%), and taxes (47%). He additionally leads on crime (40%), forward of Cuomo at 32% and Sliwa at 26%.
Mamdani, a Queens Meeting Member and Democratic Socialist, is considered favorably by 58% of voters, up eight factors since final month. Cuomo’s favorability stands at 50%, whereas Sliwa’s is 36%.
Since Fox’s final ballot in September, every of the three candidates has improved their public picture: Mamdani’s favorability climbed eight factors, matching Sliwa’s achieve, whereas Cuomo rose 5 factors. Though Cuomo stays considered much less positively than Mamdani, he has turned his ranking round, shifting from a web adverse of 5 factors (45% favorable to 50% unfavorable) final month to a barely constructive two-point margin (50% to 48%) within the newest ballot.
In an announcement responding to the ballot, Mamdani marketing campaign spokesperson Dora Pekec mentioned the outcomes present “a majority of New Yorkers are rejecting Andrew Cuomo’s billionaire-backed politics of the past” and embracing Mamdani’s “movement for a new kind of politics that answers to the people.” She added that Mamdani’s affordability agenda “continues to resonate across the city,” whereas arguing that Cuomo “has no vision or solutions to offer.”
All three candidates confronted off Thursday night time within the first general-election debate of the 2025 mayoral race, with Mamdani and Cuomo buying and selling sharp assaults whereas Republican Curtis Sliwa took goal at each rivals — and at occasions complained he was being “marginalized” on the controversy stage.
“We are surging,” she added.
