5d ago

Zohran Mamdani leads general election poll for NYC mayor

www.politico.com

Just a moment...

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani holds a 10 point lead over Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s general election for mayor, while incumbent Mayor Eric Adams trails in fourth place behind Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, according to a new poll.

Mamdani gets support from 35 percent of registered voters, followed by Cuomo with 25, Sliwa with 14, Adams at 11 and attorney Jim Walden at 1 percent. Thirteen percent of respondents said they weren’t sure, while 1 percent picked another candidate.

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Lol. New Yorkers be like: this guy scares rich people. ✅
- I’m low key pretty concerned about Mamdani’s safety - between (essentially official, government-supported) expressions of stochastic terrorism, to weaponization of immigration law and enforcement, to straight up assassination attempts by far right wing-nuts, I will honestly be very pleasantly surprised if he makes it to the election without someone trying something pretty serious.
  And to be clear, I do hope he makes it to the election, and wins, and that his term as mayor makes it blindingly obvious to the vast majority of people that Mamdani’s tactics are the clear way forward. I’m also just fully aware that we’re in the “kicking and screaming” phase with reactionaries, and that those same people are running shit now.
  
  The realistic thing that's gonna happen is that Mamdani is gonna win, then city council is gonna block every policy he proposes. Then next election (if the country doesn't fall apart by then) the billionarie ads be like: "Mamdani can't do anything!"
- By this point, the world is like that, eagerly watching if the guy can upset such a corrupt, biased system.
  So he will definitely be the democratic nominee, right? And now he's going against a republican in the general election? When is it?
  
  He is the Democratic nominee. As the post says, he's mostly going against the former Democratic, current independent, mayor Andrew Cuomo more than the republican candidate.
- 35 percent do. I am mildly worried what happens with ranked choice voting and all the idiots that are voting for the rest of the losers. It's not like the Democratic primary where basically all the "no chance" rank 1 people were gonna put Mamdani as their second or third choice.
  
  I would guess, with nothing but feelings, that a lot of the Cuomo voters would choose him before a Republican, but who knows really?
  Edit: I believe this will be FPtP though.
Remember, polls aren't votes. Go vote (when it's time).
There is going to be a LOT of Republican fuckery. I hope he's up for a fight.
- There's going to be a lot of rat fucking on BOTH sides. He isn't any more popular with establishment Dems than he is with Republicans.
  I think it's great that people like David Hogg and Mamdani are scaring the Trad Dems into exposing their true nature.
- I think you mean Democrat fuckery. The Republicans already said they want to deport him to his face.
  Republican don't have fuckery they just say what evil thing they are gonna do then go ahead and set it in motion all on Twitter for everyone to see.
  Democrats run a primary to pick the candidate to run then when it's not the guy they want behind closed doors they start the fuckery in secret.
  
  Mamdani isn't committing fuckery, how dare you?
- In NYC? This is heavy (D) turf. Blue municipality. Blue state. Overwhelmingly Blue House Delegation. Two Blue Senators. Most of the legislature from the area is DSA, ffs.
  Trump might make noise, but the tip of the spear is going to have to come from the establishment Democratic Party, at least until the election is over. If anything, Trump wants Zohran to win the general, so that he can pull the institutional Dems in next to him when he announces his plan to take over the city, like he's done with LA.
This is HORRIBLE News!
-The Democrats!
- Yes. But unironically. We finally found out what it would have been like if Bernie has won the primary. The Dems would have thrown everything at him losing the general. Probably calling him antisemitic along the way.
  
  So what? That doesn't mean it would've worked.
- The Democrats, as played by Prince John from Robin Hood: Men in Tights
13% undecided? I'm not holding my breath. The fascists and the faithless Democrats are gonna do whatever it takes to tank him.
NYC get out and knock on some doors!!!
- It'll be really telling if Silwa drops out to support Cuomo
I have been told to Vote Blue No Matter Who and I am a loyal democrat. Zohran has my vote.
I hate that I'm already depressed about what they're going to do to him or NYC in general...
I know nothing has happened yet and the election isn't until November, but there isn't a single goddamn thing about this country, especially with the so called leader we have now, that makes me think they will simply allow him to become Mayor. Socialists, Democratic socialists, whatever, simply aren't allowed to hold real positions of power. The entire system is freaking out over the prospect... A single seat in Congress isn't worth causing a mess over, but running "the financial center of the world" and a city that contains the richest people on earth definitely is to them...
Ether Trump takes over NYC like he's already threatened, they deport him, or the Democrats commit political suicide and get caught sabotaging his election. I have 0 faith that he simply wins and gets to be Mayor.
- Trump can't take NYC. Even a military/ICE takeover is off the table. Even with a 20x increase in the ICE budget. There are just too many people and not enough random masked ICE "agents".
  Just like with tariff negotiations, Trump thinks he has all the cards when he doesn't. He wants you to think he does, though. Fascism is always weaker than it looks.
  
  As long as he can claim some "legal" justification for it like claiming Mamdani is a communist and therefore this is an insurrection/takeover of a city that needs to be defended or declare some kind of emergency (that the courts never seem to argue. Energy emergency as we cut methods of gaining energy for example) then I think people will mostly roll over and accept it, since it's "legal."
- It looks bleak. I try to remember that general despair and lack of faith in elections is exactly the aim of many propagandists, and that apathy only serves the aims of those who would destroy us.
  It's hard sometimes because of the difficult past the US has had. Anyone trying to undermine America often need not even lie, but they do need to convince you that it's hopeless, and that change is impossible. I see no reason to oblige them.
- They'll let him be Mayor. They won't let him do anything, though.
  
  All of a sudden the city council decides they need curb the power of the mayoral office.
- I think the issue is a single congressperson can't show people that it works. A mayor can, and that's their biggest fear. If people learn how good it is for them they may actually start supporting it, instead of being scared like they've been told to believe by the wealthy who control the media.
- I like Mamdani. I rather the Democratic party finish their demise and bring forth 100 Mamdanis.
- Don't be depressed. Reality is (probably) not some martial law guns ablazing or vote rigging. Most likely the city council just blocks every policy he tries to implement, then try to blame every problem on the "eViL cOmMUnISt".
Who the fuck would vote for Adams at this point?
- r/conservative:
  "Better a crook than a ..."
  checks notes
  "... person who want to give people living wages, free buses, childcare?! pff, these evil commies"
  
  It's so funny to see institutional democrats turning on Zohran and institutional republicans turning on Silwa.
  Democracy means absolutely nothing to these people.
  
  "The poor get all the breaks!" - Mr Burns
- Or Cuomo.
I really hope he's got independent security. Because New York's biggest gang has already started making threats.
Good! May it not only continue, but increase!
Imagine doing such a bad job as mayor that even as an incumbent, you're polling behind Curtis Sliwa.
Don't mess with the Zohran!
Adams losing to a guy who spent half his life wearing a starter jacket and a beret . Lmfao what a joke. He’s gonna go to jail when he’s of no use to trump .
- They all do
Vote NYC, vote!
Zohran The Destroyer (of class inequality, oligarchy).
I can’t wait to see what nefarious shit awaits us knowing how popular he is and how many powerful the unpopular have become
Is this race a majority or plurality wins?
- FPtP, so highest vote getter.
- Plurality.
- Ranked choice
  https://vote.nyc/RankedChoiceVoting
  
  Again, ranked choice does not apply in the general election.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_mayoral_election
  In New York City, primary elections are conducted with ranked-choice voting, while the first-past-the-post system is used for general elections.
I didn't realize Curtis Sliwa was still alive.
I'm expecting the dumbass voters to sit it out again in view of the expected landslide (or maybe another outrage happening across the world) and let the candidate with the convicted past into office. Again.
- This time the Democrats have an actual flesh and blood candidate who actually stands for something. If he wins, will that alter your perspective at all?
  American voters suck, just like they have always sucked, just like voters suck everyplace else. That's the field in which the game is played.
  Being the lesser of two evils is not a good strategy. The greater evil gets all the attention and therefore enthusiasm. Good vs evil is a whole different dynamic.
  
  He brought out the youth vote in droves. That's a rare thing.
What other cities have ranked-choice voting or approval voting?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States#Use_of_instant-runoff_voting_at_local_levels
Time to fall the f in line.
- What was that phrase, again? Oh yeah: "VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO."
  
  YES!
Adams will quit and endorse Cuomo last min 99.9% sure, Silwa> 50% IMO.
So I think it’s a toss up at best.
- Silwa is currently polling at 14%, last election he was polling at 25%, so it's not happening. the best chance against Mamdani is still cuomo
  
  they will all fold to cuomo.
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