Zohran Mamdani holds a wide lead over his three opponents in the New York City mayoral race, with those opposed to the Democratic nominee split among the other options, a new poll found.
The Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey results released Wednesday show Mamdani well ahead by 15 points over Andrew Cuomo in second, 43 percent to 28 percent. Republican Curtis Sliwa was well behind in third with 10 percent, closely followed by sitting Mayor Eric Adams with 7 percent.
Nine percent said they were undecided.
The poll, Emerson’s first of the general election for the mayoral race, showed that more than three-quarters of voters said they are committed to the candidate they plan to support. Mamdani’s supporters appear to be the most committed, with 85 percent saying they will definitely support him, while 74 percent expressed the same sentiment about Sliwa, 72 percent about Cuomo, and 66 percent about Adams.
The results add to those from a New York Times/Siena University poll released Tuesday, which also found Mamdani with a large lead, more than 20 points ahead of Cuomo in second. Those opposed to Mamdani have raised the idea that the other candidates should consolidate behind a single one to give the greatest chance of defeating him, but Sliwa and Adams have maintained they won’t drop out of the race, despite considerable speculation that at least Adams might.
But the poll shows Mamdani still ahead even in a two-person race. He leads Cuomo by 7 points, Adams by 21 points and Sliwa by 24 points in those hypotheticals.
The results add evidence to Cuomo’s case that he appears to be the strongest candidate against Mamdani.
Another hurdle for any Mamdani opponent to top is in favorability, in which the Democratic nominee has a clear advantage. He’s viewed favorably by 48 percent of respondents and unfavorably by 36 percent in this poll.
Meanwhile, Cuomo is viewed favorably by 36 percent and unfavorably by 51 percent, and Sliwa is viewed favorably by 24 percent and unfavorably by 45 percent. Adams is viewed even more poorly in net favorability than President Trump is in the strongly Democratic-leaning city.
The economy was most commonly stated as the top issue facing the city, with 27 percent saying so, followed by threats to democracy with 25 percent.
The poll was conducted from Sept. 7 to 8 among 600 registered New York City voters. The credibility interval, similar to the margin of error, was 3.9 points.
