He’s giving them a run for their Mam-oney.
Socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani would still beat Andrew Cuomo in November’s election — even if President Trump somehow cleared the field for a one-on-one match-up, a stark poll published Tuesday found.
The sobering survey for ex-governor Cuomo shows the Democratic mayoral nominee beating him — 48% to 44% — should Mayor Eric Adams and GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa manage to get their names off the ballot, the new poll from Siena Research/NY Times shows.
“The big ‘if’ is what would happen if both Sliwa and Adams were to drop out of the race and make it a two-person showdown,” said Siena director Don Levy. “Cuomo would capture the vast majority of both Adams’ and Sliwa’s current support and win a majority of voters over [age] 45.”
“At present, Cuomo would need both Adams and Sliwa to drop out in order to close the gap.”
Should the election remain a four-way race, Mamdani would notch 46% of likely voters, followed by Cuomo with just 24%, Sliwa with 15% and Adams with 9%, according to the survey.
Adams has been mulling a cushy landing spot in the federal government, with top White House officials, including special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, trying to find him a prestigious job that would give him cover to drop out, sources have said.
Cuomo is running as an independent after being trounced by Queens assemblyman Mamdani in the June Democratic primary.
Adams, who is also running as an independent, would notch 35% to Mamdani’s 55% in a two-way contest, the poll showed.
The poll did not ask about how Sliwa would fare against Mamdani in a head-to-head race.
Sliwa has been adamant that he is in the race for the long haul, repeatedly rejecting any potential gigs in the Trump administration, which have only been suggested unofficially in the press.
“Mamdani holds a huge lead among younger voters while voters 45 and older are split between Cuomo and Mamdani in the four-way race,” Levy said.
“A lot could change in this race, if Adams and/or Sliwa drop out, or Mamdani could continue to ride his support among young voters and voters concerned about economic issues all the way to Gracie Mansion.”
Mamdani still hasn’t swayed a majority of voters counted in any poll, but the survey did find that likely New York City ballot casters generally agree with his views.
Nearly half of voters thought Mamdani would do the best job on affordability, the poll found.
And a plurality of voters – 43% – also believe that Mamdani, a frequent critic of Israel, has best addressed the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, according to the poll.
One segment of voters surveyed also strongly favored – with 69% in support – Mamdani’s proposal to freeze rent on the city’s one million rent-stabilized units, the survey found.
The same group of voters favored Mamdani’s call to increase taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers, by a 71% to 25% margin, the poll showed.
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