Mamdani has a 20 -point lead in a new public opinion poll

With six weeks before the 2025 election day, Zohran Mamdani Stay ahead of his rivals for the mayor of New York, according to a new survey of public opinion.

Mamdani, the 33 -year -old Democratic Socialist State legislator who shocked the political world in June with his convincing victory over the former governor. Andrew Cuomo And nine other candidates to capture the appointment to the mayor of the Democratic Party, has a 20 -point lead on Cuomo.

Mamdani takes 45% support in the Suffolk University Cityview of New Yorkers who are very or somewhat likely to vote in the November general elections for the mayor.

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New York Democrat mayor’s candidate Zohran Mamdani spoke with supporters at a Canvass launch event in Brooklyn prospect park on Sunday, August 17, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey / Fox News Digital)

Cuomo, who resigned from his post as governor in 2021 in the midst of several scandals and who appeared as an independent candidate in the general elections after losing the primary, is 25% support in the survey, which was carried out from September 16 to 18.

The co-founder of Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa, who, for a second consecutive election, is the republican candidate for the town hall in the city dominated by the Democrats, is 9%. And outgoing mayor besieged Eric AdamsWho presents himself as independent after having decided to jump the Democratic primary in the middle of the anemic survey, took support of 8% in the survey.

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Three other candidates on the combined ballot for 1% support, with 9% undecided.

Suffolk highlighted Theirs is the first public survey which includes the seven candidates listed on the official ballot and the nine affiliated political parties or designations.

Former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, who presents himself for the mayor of New York as an independent candidate, organized a press conference on August 18, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)

“The official ballot lists Mamdani and Sliwa twice each because they represent several political parties or designations,” said the director of the Political Research Center of the University of Suffolk, David Paleologos. “This helps Mamdani because he is listed first on the ballot as a candidate of the Democratic Party, then again fourth on the ballot as a candidate of the working party party.”

Cuomo is listed once and is the eighth selection on nine choice of votes.

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The Suffolk survey is the last to show that Mamdani remains the clear precursor in the city dominated by the Democrats. Four other surveys earlier this month indicated Mamdani’s advance on Cuomo and the rest of the field ranging from 15 to 22 points.

Sliwa and Adams have repeatedly committed to staying in the race in recent weeks in the midst of several reports according to which the president Donald Trump The advisers played administration roles for the two hopes of the town hall if they abandoned.

The Republican candidate for town hall Curtis Sliwa was interviewed by Fox News Digital in New York on August 18, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)

Trump, a native New York who now calls Florida at home, urged the narrow field to offer Cuomo a better chance of possibly defeating Mamdani, that the president empties on several occasions is a communist.

The Mamdani, born Ugandan, was elected, would become the first Muslim and first millennial mayor of the most populous city in the country.

Mamdani has reached the primary democratic victory thanks to an energetic campaign which has emphasized the affordability and the high cost of New York life. It was fueled by an army of basic supporters and the support of the best national national champions, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York and Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont.

New York mayor Eric Adams officially launches his independent re -election offer in New York on June 26, 2025. (AP)

Mamdani has made intelligent use of social media platforms, including Tiktok, while he was engaging in low propagation voters. He proposed to eliminate the prices to set up the vast bus system from New York, making rents from Cuny (University of the City of New York), freezing rents on municipal housing, offering free childcare services for children up to 5 years and the establishment of grocery stores managed by the government.

Mamdani was strongly criticized by his rivals not only for his distant proposals on the left, but also for his criticism of Israel, his negative comments passed concerning the New York Police Service (NYPD), and his proposal to move certain responsibilities of the NYPD and to focus on social services and community programs.

The new survey indicates that affordability, at 21%, is the first problem in the minds of New York voters, followed by a 20%crime, the economy / 14%jobs and 9%housing.

The survey also indicates that voters demystists a large part of the negative accounts on social networks on Mamdani and Cuomo.

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According to the survey, 59% of those questioned or in disagreement that Mamdani is anti -Semitic. And 52% disagreed that Mamdani, if it were elected, would increase taxes, which made the city flee.

In addition, 53% disagreed that Cuomo, if it were elected, would continue the touch and unwanted trial and error which were among the controversies that resigned as a governor.