Zohran Mamdani could squash his mayoral competition by double digits in the November election if all four candidates stay in the race, a new poll found Tuesday.
The Democratic nominee has a handsome lead in the New York City race, surging far ahead of Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams, the current mayor, according to the Siena College/New York Times poll.
Based on a poll of nearly 1,300 likely voters conducted during a five-day period last week, Mamdani remains ahead with 46 percent of the vote, followed by Cuomo with 24 percent, Sliwa at 15 percent and Adams in the back of the pack with 9 percent.
“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,” Siena Research Institute Director Don Levy said.
Should both Adams and Sliwa drop out of the race, Cuomo would pick up a larger chunk of voters, the poll found. If that were the case, however, Cuomo could still fall to Mamdani by four points.
“At present, Cuomo would need both Adams and Sliwa to drop out in order to close the gap,” Levy said in a statement.
The New York Times reported last week that advisers close to President Donald Trump were interested in offering jobs to Adams and Sliwa in hopes the candidates would step away from the mayor’s race.
On Monday, Adams restated his intention to stay in the race.
“No one made an offer to me. And I can’t get any clearer than that,” the mayor said. “They didn’t send up smoke signals, they didn’t play it on a drum. They did not do sign language. So I don’t know how to be any clearer.”
Sliwa similarly voiced his passion for the city and unwillingness to drop his bid.
NBC New York Staff
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