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Assembly Member and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani (left) and independent mayoral candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n
Following Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 exit from the race for City Hall<\/a>, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo gained a major bump in support as he tries to close the gap with Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, according to a new survey from Quinnipiac University out Thursday.<\/p>\n In Quinnipiac\u2019s latest poll<\/a> of 1,015 likely voters, taken Oct. 3-7, Cuomo saw a 10% uptick in his vote share to 33% from 23% \u2014 where it stood in the university\u2019s last survey on Sept. 10. Cuomo\u2019s boost appears to have come directly from him picking up support from likely voters of Mayor Adams, who dropped his reelection bid on Sept. 28. Adams\u2019 name, however, will remain on the Nov. 4 ballot, meaning that some voters may still select him.\u00a0<\/p>\n Even with Cuomo receiving a surge of support, the poll still shows Mamdani leading the three-way contest by double digits, with 46% of the vote \u2014 a 13% lead. Mamdani\u2019s support grew by just 1% between Quinnipiac\u2019s Sept. 10 poll and the new survey released Thursday.<\/p>\n Republican Curtis Sliwa, meanwhile, remains in third place with 15% support, according to the poll, which has a margin of error of +\/- 3.9%.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe numbers changed, but the contours of the race haven\u2019t. Andrew Cuomo picked up the bulk of Adams\u2019 supporters, cutting into Zohran Mamdani\u2019s lead, but Mamdani\u2019s frontrunner status by double digits stays intact,\u201d said Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Mary Snow in a statement.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, Cuomo\u2019s campaign spokesperson, Rich Azzopardi, quickly took a victory lap over the former governor\u2019s improved standing on Thursday afternoon.\n<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s Quinnipiac poll confirms what New Yorkers are seeing across the five boroughs \u2014 this race is shifting decisively,\u201d Azzopardi said in a statement. \u201cAndrew Cuomo is up 10 points since September, while Zohran Mamdani remains stagnant and Curtis Sliwa continues to fade away.\u201d<\/p>\n Azzopardi added that Cuomo has seen \u201ca surge in fundraising, endorsements, and volunteers\u201d in the nearly two weeks since Adams bowed out of the race. The former governor nearly doubled his fundraising haul from the previous filing period, his campaign reported last week<\/a>, and was awarded $2.3 million in public matching funds<\/a> by the city Campaign Finance Board on Thursday.<\/p>\n Mamdani is not curbing his enthusiasm<\/p>\n Mamdani\u2019s spokesperson, Dora Pekec, brushed off Cuomo\u2019s polling gains in a statement.\n<\/p>\n \u201cZohran is meeting voters every day in all five boroughs, who are ready to turn the page on the broken politics of the past and build a city everyone can afford,\u201d Pekec said. \u201cAs the billionaires continue to throw out their last-ditched efforts to prop up Andrew Cuomo, we have genuine enthusiasm and 80,000 volunteers on our side. Last time, it wasn\u2019t the billionaires who won that matchup.\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday\u2019s Quinnipiac survey showed a sizable enthusiasm gap between Mamdani and Cuomo among their likely voters.\n<\/p>\n Ninety percent of likely voters backing Mamdani are either very (56%)\u00a0 or somewhat (34%) enthusiastic about him. By contrast, only 69% of Cuomo supporters are either very enthusiastic (28%) or somewhat enthusiastic (41%).<\/p>\n Sliwa\u2019s voters were also far more enthusiastic than Cuomo\u2019s. Eighty-five percent said they were either very (52%) or somewhat (33%) about the Republican nominee.\n<\/p>\n Furthermore, Mamdani leads among Democrats (60%), independents (41%), and across most demographic groups \u2014 including Black (48%), Hispanic (50%), and Asian (67%) likely voters. He still holds an advantage in every borough except Staten Island and with voters under 49.<\/p>\n The poll also shows that more voters believe Mamdani would be better at handling certain issues and that there is not much difference between him and Cuomo on others.\n<\/p>\n For instance, 48% of those polled believe Mamdani would be better at lowering housing costs, while 25% prefer Cuomo. But when it comes to dealing with President Trump, Mamdani only leads Cuomo by one point \u2014\u00a0 35% to 34%.<\/p>\n \u201cMuch has been said about the issue not on the ballot but looming over the race: President Trump,\u201d Snow said. \u201cBoth Mamdani and Cuomo make the case they\u2019ll be the best guardrail over New York City\u2019s interests under Trump. But voters don\u2019t see much daylight between them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Assembly Member and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani (left) and independent mayoral candidate and former Gov. 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