Oct. 9 Quinnipiac poll<\/a> showed him with 46% support. In that poll, Cuomo \u2014 who is running as an independent \u2014 had 33% and Sliwa had 15%.<\/p>\nThat poll showed fewer undecided voters (3%) and voters who refused to respond (2%) than the most recent poll.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Quinnipiac University Poll assistant director Mary Snow called the uptick in undisclosed votes a \u201cwildcard\u201d in the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe percentage of likely voters not weighing in has increased a bit since earlier this month, suggesting there\u2019s room for movement in the final stretch,\u201d Snow said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Forty-five percent of Republicans, meanwhile, backed Cuomo, while 44% backed Sliwa, 5% backed Mamdani and 5% were undecided.<\/p>\n
The poll also found an age divide when it came to voters\u2019 preferred candidates.<\/p>\n
Among 18- to 34-year-olds, 64% supported Mamdani, 20% backed Cuomo, 7% threw their support behind Sliwa and 8% were undecided.<\/p>\n
Mamdani\u2019s support dropped to 50% among 35- to 49-year-olds, however, while Cuomo\u2019s climbed to 25% and Sliwa\u2019s ticked up to 13%. Seven percent were undecided.<\/p>\n
Among 50- to 64-year-olds, Cuomo secured 41% support, Mamdani secured 35%, Sliwa secured 17% and 3% were undecided.<\/p>\n
In the 65+ bracket, 39% backed Cuomo, 33% backed Mamdani, 19% backed Sliwa and 4% were undecided.<\/p>\n
\u201cMamdani 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,\u201d Snow said.<\/p>\n
The poll surveyed 911 likely New York City voters, with a margin of error of +\/- 4.0 percentage points.<\/p>\n
Asked Wednesday if he could make up ground with early voting underway and Election Day looming, Cuomo said he already had.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf my recollection serves me, I am higher than their last poll, which means I\u2019m gaining ground on Mr. Mamdani, which I believe I am,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe New Yorkers are starting to focus on the race, because you know, we\u2019ve been focusing on it, but people have been living their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou now get down to the last week, they\u2019re 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Responding to the poll in a statement, Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec urged New Yorkers to sign up to canvass for the assemblyman.<\/p>\n
“Zohran’s going to take his message to every single voter because every New Yorker deserves a city they can afford,” Pekec said.<\/p>\n
Sliwa didn\u2019t immediately comment on the poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With less than a week until Election Day, a new poll shows Zohran Mamdani with a 10-point lead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[107,109,114,25,111,14499,9,24,55,54,12,56,108,87,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-21723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-2025-nyc-mayors-race","9":"tag-app-local-state-politics","10":"tag-app-local-elections","11":"tag-app-top-stories","12":"tag-decision-2025","13":"tag-maya-rajamani","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","17":"tag-new-york-city-news","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-ny-state-of-politics-blog","21":"tag-politics","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}