Lefty upstart Zohran Mamdani has leapfrogged over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city\u2019s ranked choice Democratic primary for mayor, according to a stunning new poll released Monday.<\/p>\n
In its hypothetical initial round of voting, Cuomo\u2019s lead shrinks to 3 percentage points, with 35% of likely Democratic voters supporting him compared to 32% for Mamdani and 13% for city Comptroller Brad Lander, the Emerson College Polling\/Pix 11\/The Hill survey found.<\/p>\n
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams follows with 8%, Scott Stringer 3% and 5% split between candidates Zellnor Myrie, Whitney Tilson, Jessica Ramos and Michael Blake, with another 4% undecided.<\/p>\n
Cuomo\u2019s lead shrinks to 3 percentage points, with 35% of likely Democratic voters supporting him compared to 32% for Mamdani. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n
But since no one garners the more than 50% of the vote needed to win outright, the ranked choice system kicks in. That means that even if a voter\u2019s first choice is eliminated in successive rounds of calculations, their other picks could still be in the mix and emerge as the eventual overall winner.<\/p>\n
Mamdani finally surpasses Cuomo in the eighth round of the simulated ranked choice voting \u2014 51.8% to 48.2% \u2014 in the latest poll conducted June 18-20.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver five months, Mamdani\u2019s support has surged from 1% to 32%, while Cuomo finishes near where he began,\u201d said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.<\/p>\n
Mamdani finally surpasses Cuomo in the eight round of the simulated ranked choice voting \u2014 51.8% to 48.2% \u2014 in the laest poll conducted. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the ranked-choice simulation, Mamdani gains 18 points compared to Cuomo\u2019s 12, putting him ahead in the final round for the first time in an Emerson poll.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cuomo had led Mamdani by 12 points in the initial ballot in the Emerson poll last month <\/a>and still finished up 8 points ahead of Mamdani in the 10th round of ranked choice voting at the time \u2014 54% to 46%.<\/p>\n Mamdani has Lander\u2019s voters to thank for his surge in the new poll.<\/p>\n Cuomo had led Mamdani by 12 points in the initial ballot in the Emerson poll last month. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post<\/p>\n Cuomo has a 1 percentage point lead \u2014 40.5% to 39.4% in the seventh round \u2014 when Brad Lander is eliminated with 20% of the vote.<\/p>\n Most of Landers\u2019s voters then switch to Mamdani instead of Cuomo in round eight \u2014 putting the Democratic Socialist Queens assemblyman up by 3.6 percentage points.<\/p>\n Lander cross-endorsed<\/a> Mamdani as his preferred candidate if he himself does not prevail. The left-wing Working Families Party also urged voters not to rank Cuomo.<\/p>\n