It\u2019s a Red alert in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n
Some 56% of city voters support Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s brand of democratic socialism while 39% are opposed to the freebie-filled, pie-in-the-sky to-do list, according to a new poll obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n
But voters are split on whether Mamdani\u2019s views are extreme or represent the mainstream of Democratic voters in the city, according to the new 5 Borough Barometer poll conducted by the Honan Strategy Group.<\/p>\n
A new poll found that 56% of New York City voters support Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s brand of democratic socialism. Micheal Nagle for NY Post<\/p>\n
Some 45% of respondents said the policies are mainstream, while 47% said they were far outside the mainstream, the survey of 848 voters claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results show further left migration of Democratic politics and policies in New York City. It\u2019s a remarkable finding,\u201d said Bradley Honan, Honan\u2019s CEO and president.<\/p>\n
Honan said Mamdani\u2019s proposed agenda \u2014 which includes taxpayer-financed child care and bus service \u2014 has made democratic socialism more popular.<\/p>\n
\u201cMamdani is a great messenger. He\u2019s rebranding democratic socialism to make it more appealing to people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The poll also showed 42% of voters believe the city Democratic Party is moving too far left, while 38% believe it\u2019s moving in the right direction. Another 10% said the city is not going far enough to the left.<\/p>\n
A Mamdani supporter wears a Democratic Socialists of America hat at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 1, 2025. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n
While the ground in the Big Apple has shifted to the left, Mamdani hasn\u2019t closed the deal.<\/p>\n
But voters still doubt whether Mamdani\u2019s agenda is too expensive or ambitious to ever get done \u2014 as Hizzoner needs to generate an estimated $9 billion through tax hikes on corporations and wealthy residents to follow through on campaign promises.<\/p>\n
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Voters, for example, are concerned whether the city can afford Mamdani\u2019s big spending agenda if the federal government slashes funding to Gotham.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people say New York City\u2019s finances are sound and the city can manage federal budget cuts while still investing in Mayor Mamdani\u2019s agenda,\u201d voters were told. \u201cOthers say the city is already stretched thin and cannot afford new spending if Washington reduces aid. Which comes closer to your view?\u201d<\/p>\n
A crowd of cheering supporters at Mamdani\u2019s inauguration at City Hall. Michael Nagle<\/p>\n
In response, 44% of voters say the city is already stretched thin and cannot afford new spending if Washington cuts aid.<\/p>\n
Only 32% of respondents say the city\u2019s finances are sound and can manage federal budget cuts while still investing in Mamdani\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n
Another 15% of voters answered \u201cboth equally\u201d while 9% had no opinion, the poll found.<\/p>\n
Similarly, voters were asked if Mamdani\u2019s plans were fiscally sustainable: 44% say they risk future budget deficits, 27% say they\u2019re financially sustainable and 20% said it\u2019s a mix of both.<\/p>\n
The 5 Borough Barometer Poll surveyed 848 voters via phone text from Dec. 4-12. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.36 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Red alert in the Big Apple. Some 56% of city voters support Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s brand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[68,57,9,24,56,63,65,64,7782,1211,58,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-89163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-exclusive","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-polls","17":"tag-socialism","18":"tag-us-news","19":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89163","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=89163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}