Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani has a commanding lead with foreign-born New Yorkers, while Big Apple residents who are American-born are more likely to vote for former Gov. Cuomo, according to a new poll.
The Patriot Polling survey found that Mamdani has a whopping 62% of the foreign-born vote, while Cuomo nets 24% and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa has a paltry 12%.
Cuomo, who is running as an independent, has a healthy lead among American-born New Yorkers, securing 40% compared to Mamdani’s 32% and Sliwa’s 25%.
The survey found that Mamdani has 62 percent of the foreign-born vote. James MesserschmidtThe results still show Mamdani at the top of the pack with the general voting population, with the Democratic Socialist nabbing 43% of the overall vote and Cuomo trailing behind by 9%. Sliwa sits at a distant third with 19% of the vote.
The poll also found that Mamdani suffers a “serious deficit” with Catholic and Jewish voters but performs strongest with Muslims, Hindus and atheists. The anti-Israel lefty only has 30% of the Jewish vote while Cuomo has 63%, according to the poll.
The poll also found that Mamdani has just 30 percent of the Jewish vote. ZUMAPRESS.com
The results still had Cuomo trailing behind Mamdani by 9 percent. via REUTERSThe poll found that Mamdani has the majority of support from Kings County voters. Cuomo and Sliwa’s main backers come from Staten Island.
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Patriot Polling describes itself as a non-partisan polling organization founded in 2022 by high school students.
Polling expert Nate Silver ranked the outfit among the best in the 2024 presidential election, but the shop has also caught flak for surveys, including one that found a majority of Greenland residents would be open to joining the US, while most other polls found overwhelming opposition to the idea.
The mayoral election is Nov. 4.
