Cuomo narrows Mamdani’s advantage in latest poll ahead of NYC mayoral election
With less than a week until Election Day, Zohran Mamdani holds a double-digit, 10-point lead in the race for the nation's most populous city, but former Gov. Andrew Cuomo keeps...
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With less than a week until Election Day, Zohran Mamdani holds a double-digit, 10-point lead in the race for the nation's most populous city, but former Gov. Andrew Cuomo keeps narrowing the gap, according to the latest public polling. Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from the New York City borough of Queens, who shocked the political world in June with his convincing win over Cuomo and nine other candidates to capture the Democratic Party's mayoral nomination, stands at 43% support among likely voters, according to a survey released Wednesday from Quinnipiac University . 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, had 33% support in the survey. The survey was conducted Thursday to Monday, after incumbent Mayor Eric Adams endorsed Cuomo in a bid to defeat Mamdani. The embattled Democratic mayor had been running for re-election as an Independent but dropped out of the race late last month, although his name remains on the ballot. HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING AND ANALYSIS ON THE NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL ELECTION Guardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa , who for a second straight election is the Republican mayoral nominee in the Democratic-dominated city, stood at 14% in the poll. According to Quinnipiac University, 6% of likely voters are undecided and 3% refused to respond. CHECK OUT WHICH CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR THIS MAJOR NEW YORK CITY NEWSPAPER ENDORSED "Make no mistake: The race is tightening, and Andrew Cuomo is closing in fast," Cuomo campaign spokesman Rich Azzopardi said in a statement. Mamdani's 10-point advantage over Cuomo is down from his 13-point lead in Quinnipiac's previous poll, which was conducted at the beginning of October. And this latest poll matches the Suffolk University poll released Monday that similarly found Mamdani losing ground with a now 10-point lead. "This is the second poll in a week…