On the eve of Main Day in New York Metropolis, a brand new ballot hints at the potential for a significant upset within the race for mayor.
Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old Assemblyman from Queens, leads the person who’s been the overwhelming frontrunner, Andrew Cuomo, the 67-year-old former governor. That is in keeping with a brand new ballot from Emerson School.
The ballot exhibits Cuomo main after the primary spherical of ranked-choice voting, however solely falling behind Mamdani within the eighth and last spherical.
The survey polled seemingly Democratic voters and was carried out from June 18 to June 20, after the second mayoral debate.
A marketing campaign spokesperson for Cuomo dismissed the reliability of the ballot.
In a Marist ballot revealed final week, Cuomo broke the 50% threshold within the seventh spherical of ranked-choice voting.
“Over five months, Mamdani’s support has surged from 1% to 32%, while Cuomo finishes near where he began,” mentioned Spencer Kimball, government director of Emerson School Polling.
“Within the ranked-choice simulation, Mamdani positive factors 18 factors in comparison with Cuomo’s 12, placing him forward within the last spherical for the primary time in an Emerson ballot,” Kimball’s assertion continued.
Except one candidates wins 50% of the vote or extra within the preliminary spherical, the outcomes will probably be decided on July 1 after the Board of Elections calculates the ranked-choice voting stats.
Polls will probably be open in New York Metropolis on Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
