Mamdani is leading his major opponents beyond the margin of error in what is the largest NYC mayoral polling sample size to date.

The 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani leads a five-candidate New York City mayoral race by double digits and amasses more than 50 percent of the vote regardless of his opponent, according to a new poll.

Why It Matters

The New York state assemblyman sent political shock waves across New York City when he defeated political stalwart and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, further advancing a contentious election cycle that has Cuomo and Mayor Eric Adams vying for the mayoral seat as independent candidates, alongside former federal prosecutor Jim Walden.

On the Republican side of the race, 71-year-old conservative activist and talk show host Curtis Sliwa is aiming for a major upset.

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    107·
    4 months ago

    His opponents are a crook, a sex pest, a Republican, and a guy nobody has heard of. That ought to be an easy win in NYC.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      27·
      4 months ago

      It is funny these articles that are shocked that somehow the not a total piece of shit is massively popular.

    • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      “Ought to” and “hopefully will” be, but those other candidates are exactly who keeps winning in our timeline.

    • piefood@feddit.onlineEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      You would think so, but considering the last presidential election…

      Never underestimate the ability of the Democratic leadership to sabotage an easy win.

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
    55·
    4 months ago

    I’m a Democratic Strategist and you can be SURE I’m taking NOTES! The REASON is that he DOESNT have a Billionaire Sex Offender running AGAINST him! Only MILLIONARE Sex Offenders! IF we can find a BILLIONAIRE Sex Offender to Run we can BEAT Mamdani! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

    -DNC Strategists!

    • zbyte64
      27·
      4 months ago

      No no, it must be his social media game. Maybe we should try cursing more?

      • a competing DNC strategist
  • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world
    32·
    4 months ago

    We should probably write our democratic senators and state if the try to fuck him over they’re gonna loose a lot of voters, because they usually can’t smell the shit on their knees. They will cause the Republicans to win.

  • TheHiddenCatboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    Here’s hoping. I think it’s time to see what some ‘self-described socialists’ can do against the donkey pee vs elephant dung contest.

  • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
    5·
    4 months ago

    Mamdani does top out at numbers that were inconceivable just months ago; he does top out at around 40 percent. The moderate turnout is a key factor, as well as if college students are willing to come out in record numbers like they did in the primary.

    I find it hard to imagine that people motivated enough to vote in a primary would neglect to vote in the larger race it leads to. Barring any election fuckery (which I’m sure will be attempted), this should bode well.

    • piefood@feddit.onlineEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      I think that’s just alluding to the narrative that “Leftists don’t show up to vote”. It was always a bullshit narrative, but that never stopped people from using it.