NEW YORK CITY—A recent mayoral election poll shows former governor Andrew Cuomo far ahead with a growing lead, while Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani shot up to second place from the bottom of the stack for the November 2025 election.
Emerson College released polling data on March 26, measuring voters’ first pick for the Democratic primary. The study shows Cuomo in the lead with 38 percent of Democratic voters supporting him. Mamdani is in second place with 10 percent of the top pick, beating out incumbent mayor Eric Adams, who sits in third with 8 percent, and 17 percent of voters are undecided, dropping from February’s 25 percent….