Cuomo cuts Mamdani’s lead by 10 points after Adams exit: Poll
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who’s running as an independent for mayor of New York City, has cut Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani’s lead in half, according to a poll released eight days before Election Day.
In the latest Suffolk University poll, conducted over the past four days, Mamdani leads Cuomo by 10 points — 44 percent to 34 percent — with Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa following with 11 percent.
In Suffolk’s poll last month, Mamdani was 20 points ahead of Cuomo — 45 percent to 25 percent — followed by Sliwa with 9 percent, and incumbent Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was also running as an independent, with 8 percent.
Today, 7 percent of respondents say they’re undecided, down from 9 percent last month.
Since last month’s poll, Adams has suspended his reelection bid and endorsed Cuomo.
Nonetheless, 2 percent of respondents initially said they plan on voting for Adams, whose name will still appear on the ballot. But when told Adams has since suspended his campaign, fewer than a quarter of them still say they still plan on filling in the circle next to his name.
Among Sliwa voters, Cuomo is more popular than Mamdani. Asked for their second choice, 36 percent pick the former governor, while only 2 percent back the race’s front-runner.
David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, argued in a statement that Sliwa is “the one person in New York City whose voters could have an outsized impact on the outcome,” saying his voters “hold the 11% blocking Cuomo from winning the race,” pointing to their second candidate preferences.
Cuomo’s gains over the last month are most evident with Hispanic and independent voters.
Cuomo leads Mamdani by 1 point among Hispanic voters, after trailing Mamdani among the demographic by 30 points last month.
Independent voters now also favor Cuomo, who leads the bloc by 10 points, after last month favoring Mamdani by 18 points.
The survey included 500 likely New York City general election voters and was conducted Oct. 23-26. The margin of error is 4.4 percentage points.
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