With less than a week until Election Day, a new poll shows Zohran Mamdani with a 10-point lead over Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race.

The Quinnipiac University poll, conducted between Oct. 23 and Oct. 27, finds the Queens assemblyman and Democratic nominee with 43% support among likely voters, the former governor with 33% and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa with 14%.

What You Need To Know

  • The latest Quinnipiac University poll, conducted between Oct. 23 and Oct. 27, shows Zohran Mamdani with a 10-point lead over Andrew Cuomo in the mayoral race

  • The poll finds Mamdani with 43% support among likely voters, Cuomo with 33% and Curtis Sliwa with 14%. Six percent of likely voters said they were undecided, while 3% refused to respond

  • Mamdani’s support dropped by three percentage points since an Oct. 9 Quinnipiac poll showed him with 46% support. That poll showed fewer undecided voters and voters who refused to respond

Six percent of likely voters said they were undecided, while 3% refused to respond.

Mamdani’s support dropped by three percentage points since an Oct. 9 Quinnipiac poll showed him with 46% support. In that poll, Cuomo — who is running as an independent — had 33% and Sliwa had 15%.

That poll showed fewer undecided voters (3%) and voters who refused to respond (2%) than the most recent poll.

In a statement, Quinnipiac University Poll assistant director Mary Snow called the uptick in undisclosed votes a “wildcard” in the race.

“The percentage of likely voters not weighing in has increased a bit since earlier this month, suggesting there’s room for movement in the final stretch,” Snow said.

Still, Mamdani retained support among Democrats in the most recent poll, with 59% backing him, 31% backing Cuomo, 4% backing Sliwa, 3% undecided and 2% refusing to respond.

Forty-five percent of Republicans, meanwhile, backed Cuomo, while 44% backed Sliwa, 5% backed Mamdani and 5% were undecided.

The poll also found an age divide when it came to voters’ preferred candidates.

Among 18- to 34-year-olds, 64% supported Mamdani, 20% backed Cuomo, 7% threw their support behind Sliwa and 8% were undecided.

Mamdani’s support dropped to 50% among 35- to 49-year-olds, however, while Cuomo’s climbed to 25% and Sliwa’s ticked up to 13%. Seven percent were undecided.

Among 50- to 64-year-olds, Cuomo secured 41% support, Mamdani secured 35%, Sliwa secured 17% and 3% were undecided.

In the 65+ bracket, 39% backed Cuomo, 33% backed Mamdani, 19% backed Sliwa and 4% were undecided.

“Mamdani is the clear favorite among younger voters while the race is much closer among voters 50 and over as Cuomo and Sliwa fare better among older voters,” Snow said.

The poll surveyed 911 likely New York City voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.0 percentage points.

Asked Wednesday if he could make up ground with early voting underway and Election Day looming, Cuomo said he already had.

“If my recollection serves me, I am higher than their last poll, which means I’m gaining ground on Mr. Mamdani, which I believe I am,” he said. “I believe New Yorkers are starting to focus on the race, because you know, we’ve been focusing on it, but people have been living their lives.”

“You now get down to the last week, they’re starting to focus, they’re starting to learn who Zohran really is, and what he has said and what he stands for and what the Democratic Socialist agenda is all about, and how unqualified he is,” he added.

Responding to the poll in a statement, Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec urged New Yorkers to sign up to canvass for the assemblyman.

“Zohran’s going to take his message to every single voter because every New Yorker deserves a city they can afford,” Pekec said.

Sliwa didn’t immediately comment on the poll.