Mamdani holds large lead over Cuomo, rest of field, in NYC mayoral race

With less than two months to go until Election Day, Zohran Mamdani holds a commanding lead over his rivals for New York City mayor, according to two new polls.

Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from Queens who shocked the political world in June with his convincing win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates to capture the Democratic Party’s mayoral nomination, is sitting on 22-point margins over Cuomo and the rest of the field in the two new surveys.

Mamdani grabs 45% support among likely New York City voters in a Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday.

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Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 amid multiple scandals and who is running as an independent candidate in the general election after losing the primary, stands at 23% support in the survey, which was conducted Sept. 4-8.

Guardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa, who for a second straight election is the Republican mayoral nominee in the Democrat-dominated city, stands at 15%. And embattled incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent after deciding to skip the Democratic primary amid anemic polling, grabbed 12% support in the survey.

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Mamdani’s margin over Cuomo in the Quinnipiac poll was the same as his 46%-24% lead over the former governor in a New York Times/Siena College survey released on Tuesday.

Former New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a New York City mayoral candidate, speaks during a press conference on August 4, 2025 in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

“In a mayoral race that seems to grow more intense by the day, Zohran Mamdani has the wind at his back less than two months until Election Day,” Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Mary Snow said.

Both Sliwa and Adams have repeatedly committed to staying in the race in recent weeks amid multiple reports that President Donald Trump’s advisors floated administration roles for both mayoral hopefuls if they dropped out.

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