Zoharan Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, is leading the polls and has a good lead over his rivals – Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. 25 According to the most recent AtlasIntel poll conducted between 2017 and 2018, Mamdani leads with 41% support, followed by Cuomo with 34% and Republican Curtis Sliwa with 24%. The survey, conducted with about 1,500 voters, gave Mamdani a lead of 6.6 percentage points, his smallest lead since July, the New York Post reports.
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Other earlier polls had projected a more comfortable margin for Mamdani. A Fox News-Beacon Research poll conducted between October 24 and 28 showed him ahead by 16 points (47% vs. 31%). Similarly, a Marist University poll for the same period had him leading by 16 points, 48% versus 32%. Meanwhile, other surveys have revealed similar trends, with Quinnipiac University leading Mamdani by 10 points, the Manhattan Institute by 15 points and Victory Insights by 18 points.
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According to the New York City Board of Elections, approximately 735,000 people have voted in the New York mayoral election. The increase in early voting reflects growing interest among voters, especially young voters.
Zohran Mamdani leads the surveys
A total of 735,000 voters cast early ballots, of which about 151,000 voted on Sunday, the last day of early voting. Among youth, there was a dip in turnout at the beginning of the week as around 80,000 people under 35 years of age voted from Sunday to Thursday, but the numbers increased from Friday to Sunday as over 1,00,000 voters under 35 years of age voted, including over 45,000 voters on Sunday.