By Brandon Conradis\The Hill
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New York Assembly member Zohran Mamdani has effectively drawn even with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor and surpasses him in the final round of a ranked-choice simulation, according to a new poll released Monday.
In a final survey of the race from Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill, Cuomo led Mamdani 35 percent to 32 percent overall, within the poll’s margin of error. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander came in at 13 percent, followed by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams at 8 percent and former Comptroller Scott Stringer at 3 percent. Four percent of voters were undecided.
But the survey also allowed respondents to rank their top choices, as the primary uses ranked choice voting. In the first round, Cuomo led Mamdani 36 percent to 34 percent. In the eighth round of voting, once all the other candidates were eliminated, Mamdani came out on top, beating Cuomo 52 percent to 48 percent.
The ranked choice system for New York City’s mayoral primary allows voters to select their top five candidates in order of preference. If no candidate surpasses 50 percent in the first round of voting, the candidate in last place is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed to the other candidates according to how they ranked their other choices.
The latest findings point to continued momentum for Mamdani, a democratic socialist who has emerged as the leading progressive choice in the Democratic race to succeed embattled Mayor Eric Adams (D), who is running as an independent. In the previous Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey, taken in May, Cuomo led Mamdani 35 percent to 23 percent. READ MORE…
