Mamdani leads Cuomo in new poll

[SSJVegeta]

https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/us-news/poll-shows-mamdani-overtaking-cuomo-in-nycs-ranked-choice-primary/

In its hypothetical initial round of voting, Cuomo’s lead shrinks to 3 percentage points, with 35% of likely Democratic voters supporting him compared to 32% for Mamdani and 13% for city Comptroller Brad Lander, the Emerson College Polling/Pix 11/The Hill survey found.

Mamdani finally surpasses Cuomo in the eighth round of the simulated ranked choice voting — 51.8% to 48.2% — in the latest poll conducted June 18-20.

I think this is the second poll showing Mamdani ahead of Cuomo, but the first showing him ultimately winning.

[Lovie777]

1. I still think Cuomo will pull it out..................

RW rag........................

But nowadays, who really knows.

[SocialDemocrat61]

2. It is going to be 100 degrees in NYC tomorrow

So it may be up to who’s voters are more passionate as well as more able to suffer the heat.

[MichMan]

9. I think there will be a lot of passion over his policies

Rent freezes, free child care, free transportation,cheaper groceries and $30 per hour minimum wage. A couple both working minimum wage jobs would have a household income of $125,000 per year and see their costs lower on child care, transportation,food and rent.

Game changer for lots of working people and families

[newdeal2]

16. I do not see all of those happening

NYC, like all major blue cities, is going to be hit hard by Trump’s policies and budget. There won’t even be enough money to fund what currently exists in terms of transit levels, education, etc. Throw in a recession and the picture becomes pretty dire.

I hope people are realistic about what politicians promise.

[mountain grammy]

27. Yes!

[DET]

61. That's Ridiculous

Who’s going to pay for those freebies? Free childcare alone would be massively expensive. He might get some of his wish list (e.g., rent freeze), but not most. I really can’t stand politicians who promise the moon and then can’t deliver - especially when they know better and assume that most of the electorate doesn’t.

[Deminpenn]

3. Given the recent Cuomo endorsements by Clyburn and Clinton,

I wonder if Cuomo's own polling isn't showing the same thing.

[Prairie Gates]

5. Yup

They're spinning and flailing. He'll probably still win but they know the race is tightening and they know that Mamdani is simply more likeable than sex pest and serial sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo. The trolls are out everywhere on this one, too. Fanned out across the Internet with the "Mamdani is too far left for New Yorkers!" bit.

[Arazi]

12. Even here they're blowing off Cuomo's misogyny and sexual assault

Masks off.

Can’t understand folks who’ve forgotten his Covid mismanagement either. If/when there’s another pandemic, he’ll kill more nursing home grannies again.

We can be better than this right?

There are good alternatives to Cuomo even if you can’t vote for Mamdani. Brad Lander is the city comptroller! Ffs, he’s more qualified than any of the others

[Polybius]

14. I see what you're saying

But the only two with a chance to win the primary are Cuomo and Zohan. I voted earlier.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

51. Mamdami would have my vote by a wide margin if I was voting in that election...

Can't believe it's even close given some of Cuomo's disappointing statements lately.

[Prairie Gates]

4. Cuomo / anti-Mamdani flyers being funded by Michael Bloomberg, Bill Ackman(!) and, strangest of all

Doordash!

Yes, Bill Ackman, the MAGA money man.

[Deminpenn]

6. Pols like Mamdani are seen by "the establihment" as the leading edge

of barbarians at the gates who plan to come in and upset the whole capitalist applecart.

[SocialDemocrat61]

7. Didn't FDR upset the capitalist applecart too?

[0rganism]

24. IMHO, FDR picked up the broke-ass apple cart, put the wheels back on, and got a bunch of fruit back into it

FDR freaking saved capitalism from itself, and the capitalists hate him for it.

[SSJVegeta]

32. Sorry to have to ask this. But. Whats an applecart?

[SocialDemocrat61]

44. Here

[SSJVegeta]

46. How dare you make me google it.

Now i want apples

[Deminpenn]

42. 100 years later, they still hate FDR for it

and are still trying to dismantle the gains of the New Deal.

[Littlered]

45. It's an idiom that refers

To causing trouble or wreaking someone’s plans.

[SSJVegeta]

47. Thank you 🙏

[Lancero]

21. No surprise, we elect a serial sexual harasser and they get free ammo to call us hypocrites in regards to womens rights.

How can our party claim to stand for women, when we're going all in to elect a serial sexual harasser - A fellow student of the Trump school of "Grabbing them right by the pussy!"?

All women please proceed to lay down under the bus. We promise we'll only run you over once, unlike Republicans who will back over you a few times.

[democrank]

41. Very good question.

I’m anxiously awaiting the answer from pro-Cuomo folks.

[Lancero]

37. Looking into things more, MAGA support explains why Cuomo is setting the stage for third-party ratfuckery.

https://pix11.com/news/politics/cuomo-announces-independent-party-still-running-in-democratic-primary/

It's really hilarious that he's forming this to appeal to disillusioned Democrats - He's a prime example of the shit that Democrats are disillusioned with.

Cuomo or Bust, I suppose.

[bronxiteforever]

8. Cuomo will be a disaster for NYC. The Post

will just dust off the Bill Clinton jokes and run those for four years. What an absolute disgrace he is.
In a city of 8 million he is the front runner? This is the moderate dem centrist candidate?

[onenote]

10. And how do you think the Post will treat Mamdani?

[bronxiteforever]

23. Oh just as bad but I marvel at the utter idiocy of a

of a corrupt sex pest as the leader of Gotham and he will be the beacon of our party to the world.
He will be a joke from day one.

[emulatorloo]

39. Most people in the world neither know or care about the mayor of NYC. NYC mayor is hardly "the beacon of the Dem party"

[bronxiteforever]

49. It's important enough position that the sitting

President personally arranged a get out jail deal for the sitting NYC Mayor. It is also home of a ton of media including Faux News, the NY Post, The NY Times, home of MSNBC.

And egomaniac sex pests in politics tend to swamp the news.

[emulatorloo]

54. Trump's from NYC, so of course he knows who another NYC crook is.

[Midwestern Democrat]

60. I don't think NYC mayor is the "beacon of the Dem party", but I would say that the mayor of NYC is more nationally

famous than almost all of the nation's governors. I don't live anywhere near New York, and I could name several of the past mayors of NYC - there's not all that many states where I could name even one of their past governors.

[biocube]

11. The mask is slipping off some people

There's no chance for the GOP to win the general so the "electability" excuse goes out the window. They apparently want Dems to keep losing and not adopt some of the left's popular economic policies that win even in red states.

[Polybius]

13. Good Lord

Please let this not be true.

[SSJVegeta]

15. While I dont know that Mamdani is the best candidate, I think the resulting events following his election

-if he is elected, will eventually be ultimately enormously positive and healing for the country as a whole.


But yes. Ever since AOC endorsed him, I have been fairly certain he would win.

[Polybius]

18. It will be interesting to see what the November results will be

It would be him, Eric Adams, and Curtis Sliwa. Sliwa got around 28% in the last election. I wonder if Adams will get some of that percentage this time around. Moderate and Jewish Democrats will likely vote for Adams.

I am not making any predictions yet, but do you think Adams has a chance in November in this scenario?

[SSJVegeta]

22. I don't. I think the only one who would have remotely a shot is Cuomo if he runs as an indepndent.

I think Adams is going to go the way of Sheriff Villanueva in LA. In the end. I also think Mamdanis populism is likely to unite most of the key competing groups in a way that only a true democratic populist can.

Whats the vibe you're getting from different voting groups on the ground there? Are you seeing much consensus or excitement for any one candidate?

[Polybius]

28. I live in Staten Island, and it's very Red

The few Democrats here are mostly very moderate, so we prefer Cuomo. I did talk to one Republican, and she told me she's not voting for Sliwa again. She said she will vote for Adams.

[SSJVegeta]

30. I dont know anything about New York. Is it safe to assume that Staten Island is fairly affluent?

[Polybius]

33. Yeah, it's also the most suburban of the five boroughs, and the only place where you can find a parking space

Trump got 64% of the vote here in November, while Harris got 33.9%.

[SSJVegeta]

34. Good information.

Thank you!!

[Lancero]

17. So whats the baggage that Mamdani carries, and how is it worse than Cuomos history of sexual harassment?

[Polybius]

19. He's a socialist and stinks on Jewish issues

Bill Clinton endorsed Cuomo yesterday.

[Lancero]

25. Socialist might as well be a catch-all phrase that Republicans use, and given the recent attacks on Iran...

The public is going to be more angry about us getting tied up in the Middle East again.

[Polybius]

29. Why not both?

I'm furious that we bombed Iran, but still won't vote for Zohran.

[question everything]

67. As did Jim Clyburn (3 days ago)

[vanessa_ca]

26. He dared state Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

and must be held accountable.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/20/deep-divisions-in-nyc-over-israel-and-gaza-prove-thorny-political-ground-for-cuomo-mamdani/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKw71kZM8K2

[Polybius]

35. He said a lot more than that

NYC's Mamdani says 'Globalize the intifada' and 'From the river to the sea' show 'desire for Palestinian rights'

NYC mayoral candidate draws criticism for 'globalize the intifada' comparison to Warsaw uprising

[vanessa_ca]

36. Globalize the Intifada offends you while Israel is wiping out and forcing out the Palestinians

and dragging us into WW3?

If some choose to interpret that slogan maliciously, that's on them, not Mamdani. Thankfully he has the support of many progressive Jews, especially younger ones and high-ranking Jewish elected officials, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and city Comptroller Brad Lander.

[Polybius]

40. Why can't both offend me?

And you failed to mention his defense of “from the river to the sea.”

[vanessa_ca]

50. Yeah, let's talk about that. Let's talk about Israel's land theft from the river to the sea

During a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a map that shows Israel stretching “from the river to the sea.”
(Spencer Platt / Getty Images

The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable… therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty. —Likud Party Platform, 1977

-snip-

The drive to establish the “Greater Land of Israel” is the central ideological goal of the Likud Party, which has dominated Israeli politics since 1977. The commitment to Greater Israel was enshrined in the “Basic Laws” of the Israeli state in 2018 when the Knesset passed the “Nation State of the Jewish People” law. This law states that the right to national self-determination in Palestine “is unique to the Jewish People” and that “the State views the development of Jewish settlement as a national value, and shall act to encourage and promote its establishment and strengthening.” This commitment is one of the “guiding principles” of the current Israeli government, which stated that “the Jewish people have an exclusive and inalienable right to all parts of the Land of Israel,” including “Judea and Samaria.”

Thus, on one side, we have students and a politician representing the demands of tens of millions of citizens who call for freedom for the Palestinians. On the other, we have the power of the American state supporting the core policies of Israel’s government that over the past few decades has acted ceaselessly to ensure that “between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.” Rather than focusing on real war crimes designed to uphold Israel’s exclusive sovereignty over the entirety of historic Palestine from the river to the sea, the priorities of Congress and the paragons of the Ivy League lie elsewhere, as is evidenced by their disgraceful, laser-like focus on completely spurious thought crimes.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/its-time-to-confront-israels-version-of-from-the-river-to-the-sea/

[electric_blue68]

56. BOTH Offend me. And Zorhan wouldn't say Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish State. And No I'm Not Jewish...I

grew up with a lot of Jews...somewhat conservative?, reform, and secular.

[Cha]

63. According to this.. Mamdani was also a

proponent of "Leave It Blank" in the NY presidential primary last year.

Mamdani is a DSA "Leave it Blank" Proponent..

This is right before the NY Presidential Primary last year..

NY's Presidential primary election is this Tuesday, and we endorse the @leaveitblankny campaign.

Leave your ballot blank to send a message to Pres. Biden that we do not support the genocide of Palestinians.

x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1773802015715369153

[electric_blue68]

65. Ah, TY, Cha... As if...

that was going to be helpful?!
Gah!

[Cha]

66. He makes me sick.. him and his

"Globalize Intifada"

Best of Good Luck tomorrow, electric blues.

[electric_blue68]

68. Ty, Cha. I hadn't paid as much attention so I had to catch up by Sat so I could vote early...

And I had to vote early bc of the heat wave from Sunday through this Weds.

Tomorrow, Tuesday is the worst: about
100°f on the last day of voting. Sigh.

[Cha]

69. I saw that 100 Degrees tomorrow..

and Wow.. Heat Wave!

Stay Cool 😎

[electric_blue68]

70. Why I'm staying indoors w A/C

[Lancero]

38. From your own article...

A national Quinnipiac poll released last week found that an all-time high percentage of voters expressed that their sympathies lay more with Palestinians than Israelis, with 37% saying they supported Israelis more and 32% saying Palestinians.

Among Democrats, just 12% said their sympathies lay with Israelis, with 60% saying they sided with Palestinians.

Locally, a recent Emerson poll found that 46% of poll takers did not think it was important that the next mayor have a pro-Israel stance, compared to 33% who believed it important they do.

And those opinions are likely to sour more with Trump deciding to involve us in Iran. (edit - And the AP has started reporting on Iranian attacks on US bases. So... Yeah. Something tells me that the average voter isn't going to care much about his Israel comments now.)

International relations are more relevant the higher up the political totem pole you go - If we were talking about these two here making plays for Senate or Congress, then sure his comments on Israel would have a lot more relevance.

[AStern]

48. Mamdani will be 1,000,000 times better than Eric Adams

and Cuomo for that matter.

I'm fine with Lander as well.

[ananda]

20. I hope Mamdani wins.

I really don't like Cuomo.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

52. Me too!!

[AStern]

31. Good. I'm okay with him or Lander. Cuomo can go pound sand.

nt

[MorbidButterflyTat]

43. Close your eyes

spin around three times, and point to a poll.

If you don't like the results, do it again and again until you find one you do like! Ta da!!



Just kidding -ish. I think my sinus meds made me loopy.

[Celerity]

53. Good. I hope the serial sexual harasser Cuomo goes down to defeat. His candidacy is a giant FU to all women

who have been sexually harassed and abused by men in power.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo

snip

Attorney General (a Democrat) James's five-month investigation concluded with the release of a report on August 3, 2021. This report concluded that during Cuomo's time in office, he sexually harassed 11 women: Boylan, Bennett, Ruch, Liss, Brittany Commisso, Kaitlin, McGrath, event attendee Virginia Limmiatis, an unnamed New York State trooper and two unnamed state entity employees. The investigation concluded that Cuomo's behaviour included unwanted groping, kissing and sexual comments, and also found that Cuomo's office had engaged in illegal retaliation against Boylan for her allegation against him.

[Danmel]

57. Mamdami has no experience

NYC has 8.5 million people. That's just residents. Millions work in the city, millions of tourists visit yearly, at least until trump started killing tourism.
He has zero managerial experience. I work for the NYS Assembly. He has passed 3 bills since 2021. And he's in the majority, so there's no reason for such a lack of productivity. He is a publicity hound.
He also didn't vote for Holocaust Remembrance Day, so his claims that he isn't antisemitic ring hollow.
He would be an absolute disaster for NYC.
As the child of a Holocaust survivor who grew up in Brooklyn and worked in NYC for decades, I genuinely would fear for my safety if he wins. And although I live in the burbs now, we go into the city all the time.

[SSJVegeta]

58. And the experience Cuomo has is not one that would likely benefit New York

...I imagine.

[Danmel]

59. It isnt a binary choice

[Cha]

64. Mamdani was also a Proponent of "Leave It Blank" in

in his own words..

Mamdani is a DSA "Leave it Blank" Proponent..

This is right before the NY Presidential Primary last year..

NY's Presidential primary election is this Tuesday, and we endorse the @leaveitblankny campaign.

Leave your ballot blank to send a message to Pres. Biden that we do not support the genocide of Palestinians.

x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1773802015715369153

[DET]

62. If anyone is still here...

Could you please tell me why Cuomo is so despised? I realize that he is a sexual harasser, but as a woman who came into the adult workforce in the late 70s I pretty much assume that a lot of men in positions of power are. And I hate it, too. I also recognize that there is a lot of anger at his position re nursing home residents during the Covid epidemic, although I never really understood the reason why.

Those two issues are, of course, highly problematic and disqualifying to a lot of people, but was he incompetent as a manager in other ways? I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I have to admit that I found Cuomo’s daily Covid briefings quite impressive.

[SocialDemocrat61]

71. Being a sexual harasser isn't enough?

[Ping Tung]

72. "History has tried to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians

"History has tried to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of government couldn't be wise." Mark Twain