Posted on 07/17/2025 9:17:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
There's rarely a dull moment in New York City politics, and the mayoral race is no exception, with all of the candidates in the race continuing to make the push to convince Big Apple residents that they are the one to lead the iconic city for the next four years.
Democrat nominee and media darling Zohran Mamdani, for instance, was paraded around Capitol Hill on Tuesday by another admitted Democrat Socialist, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), in an effort to win over Congressional holdouts in their party who have not yet endorsed Mamdani in part over concerns about his pro-Hamas, antisemitic views and refusal to condemn "globalize the intifada" chants.
Meanwhile, disgraced former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who conceded to Mamdani after finishing second in the June primary, announced this week he will be staying in the race after all as the "Fight and Deliver" party's candidate, which was a party he undoubtedly formed as a backup plan so he'd have options in the event his primary bid fell short.
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While there hasn't been a lot of polling yet in the general election race, interesting tidbits can be gleaned from what we've seen so far. For instance, a poll from Cuomo-aligned pollster Honan Strategy Group that came out two days after the primary showed Cuomo and Mamdani both with equal levels of support at 39 percent, and current NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent, trailing badly in third place with 13 percent. GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa was in fourth place with seven percent.
The same poll also showed that if Adams dropped out, the advantage would go to Cuomo and put him ahead of Mamdani by four percent. On the other hand, if Cuomo dropped out, Mamdani would be the odds-on favorite over Adams by a staggering 15 percent.
But though another poll by far-left polling outlet Data for Progress shows Mamdani with a clear advantage over Cuomo (40 percent to 24 percent), fresh polling from HarrisX has Mamdani and Cuomo within three points of each other and Sliwa surging to just behind Cuomo into third. It also dovetails with what the Honan Strategy Group found about what potentially could happen if Adams dropped out:
A new poll from HarrisX finds the New York City mayoral race shaping up to be a tight and competitive contest, with Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani statistically tied with former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in a four-way race. While Mamdani leads Mayor Eric Adams in a head-to-head race, the poll shows Cuomo defeating the Democratic nominee by a wide 15-point margin in a one-on-one contest.[...]
- In a four-way race, Mamdani (26 percent) is tied with Cuomo (23 percent) and Sliwa (22 percent), all within the margin of error. Adams is at 13 percent and 15 percent of voters are undecided.
- In a three-way race without Adams, Cuomo (31 percent) is statistically tied with Mamdani (29 percent) and Sliwa (28 percent).
- In a three-way race without Cuomo, Mamdani leads by 10 points, winning 35 percent to Sliwa's 25 percent and Adams' 19 percent.
- In head-to-head matchups, Mamdani topples Adams 43 percent to 36 percent, but trails Cuomo 35 percent to 50 percent, a 15-point advantage for Cuomo.
Tight Race in NYC Mayoral Election. Cuomo Stronger Than Adams Against Mamdani.
A new HarrisX poll shows a a 4- and 3-way deadlock with Mamdani, Cuomo & Sliwa neck and neck.
But in a 1-on-1? Cuomo dominates Mamdani by 15 points.
Progressives rising, but NYC moderates aren’t out.@HarrisXdata July 7-8 585 RV NYC voters ±4.1% pts.
pic.twitter.com/jAo122jK9g— HarrisX (@HarrisXdata) July 16, 2025
One thing all three have in common is that Adams seems stuck in the teen percentages, and I suspect some of that is because voters see him as a Trump ally after the fraud charges were dropped, and though you can get away with a lot in NYC politics if you're a Democrat, breaking bread with the POTUS is not one of them.
In any event, it's hard to tell this early on whether this poll will be an outlier, but if the numbers hold or even get better for Cuomo as the campaign goes on, it will be a solid indicator that the Mamdani armor has indeed cracked thanks in no small part to people in and around NYC who are trying to get the word out about how dangerous Mamdani is before it's too late.
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Poll analyst speculates if Cuomo dropped out Mamdani would win.
So what if Cuomo is in the secret Epstein files?
Actually, I have no doubt Mamdani will win regardless of controversies over donors or endorsements.
It’s early yet. I would imagine GOP leadership is similar to the whipped dogs we have here in CA. If he won’t go voluntarily, they should publicly endorse Cuomo about 30 days before early voting begins
Common Sense says, the lamestream media is all a lie. Common Sense ….
I’m surprised at Curtis Sliwa polling numbers...
Surprised that only 22% in NYC want law and order or only 78% in NYC want no law and order? Somedays difficult to tell……
In steps rank voting and it all goes to sh## the steal is on
If AOC ever made it to the Playboy centerfold, nobody but mentally ill deviants would want to use it. What a shame, and such a waste of the beauty of the female form!
Adams and Sliwa have no chance of winning. If they really cared about NYC they would drop out of the race but unfortunately with their egos, they won’t.
Stay Alive people. Quit listening or reading anything the New York Times has to say.
The NYT is all about the demise of American freedom.
Mamidami’s ideas are similar to 1930 Argentina. In 1930 Argentina was the most prosperous Country in the World, then a minority of socialists won the election destroying the economy by having the gov’t paying for every type of give away imaginable. It has taken almost 100 years to recover.
He should dress up as a pirate and ride a ghost ship past Gracie Mansion. That'll do it.
Fairly simple solution here, Adams agrees to get appointed to some cush goobermint position and withdraws, Silwa stays in but stays invisible.
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