Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo departs the Rayburn Home Workplace constructing after testifying earlier than the Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 10, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is just not at present working for mayor, maintained his place because the chief of the Democratic mayoral main discipline within the newest ballot launched Thursday evening.
The Manhattan Institute, a conservative suppose tank, carried out the survey between Jan. 24 and 30. Though Manhattan Institute pollsters requested concerning the Democratic main discipline, the 618 New York Metropolis voters they spoke to weren’t simply Democrats. In addition they included legal professional Jim Walden, who is just not working as a Democrat, within the discipline.
The ballot discovered that Cuomo, who resigned in shame from the governorship in 2021 amid a number of allegations of sexual misconduct he had all the time denied, would lead the present Democratic discipline with 30% of the first-choice votes within the ranked-choice contest. The outcomes observe a number of different current polls during which Cuomo, who has been rumored to be weighing a run for over a yr, held a big lead over the remainder of the sector.
Cuomo’s spokesperson Wealthy Azzopardi responded to the ballot with a well-known assertion, noting Cuomo’s standing within the race “remains premature.”
“But Andrew Cuomo will always be a Queens boy who loves New York and will always help any way he can to have it succeed and New Yorkers know he worked day and night for them,” Azzopardi stated.
Mayor Eric Adams.Credit score: Ed Reed/Mayoral Pictures Workplace.
The Manhattan Institute ballot places Cuomo 16 factors forward of his runner-up, Mayor Eric Adams, who comes out with 14% and is adopted by former metropolis Comptroller Scott Stringer with 11%.
After ranked-choice tabulations, Cuomo maintained his win with 53% of the vote. The system permits voters to rank their high 5 candidates. These candidates then undergo instantaneous runoff elections till the primary to seize over 50% wins.
Adams and Lander can be eradicated in that spherical with 25% and 22% of the vote, respectively. Stinger can be eradicated within the sixth spherical with 14%, adopted by state Sen. Jessica Ramos (Queens) within the fifth spherical with 7%, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie (Brooklyn) within the 4th spherical with 2%, and Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani (Queens) within the third spherical with 2%.
Walden and former Bronx Meeting Member Michael Blake have been dropped early with 0% of the vote.
The ballot additionally discovered that Cuomo has a internet favorability ranking of -3%, (46% favorable, 49% unfavorable) amongst these surveyed. He seemingly has increased identify recognition than any of the declared candidates, apart from Adams, however remains to be dogged by the scandals that tanked his political profession.
Adams stays deeply underwater with metropolis voters—a pattern that started even earlier than he was federally indicted final yr. The survey discovered that 69% of voters held a considerably or strongly unfavorable view of the mayor, whereas 27% held a considerably or strongly favorable view.
When requested about Cuomo’s lead in a number of current polls, Adams has repeatedly pointed to Andrew Yang’s early lead within the 2021 mayor’s race that he finally received to point out early polling is commonly not an indicator of the place the race finally ends up. He has additionally insisted that his means to attach with New Yorkers will ship him over the end line once more.
“My story resonates with New Yorkers,” Adams stated in January. “No one handed me an empire. I’m building empires for New Yorkers…So, I can’t sit back and worry about what the pollsters say, I have to listen to what the people say.”
Adams’ marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
