Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani holds a 10 point lead over Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s general election for mayor, while incumbent Mayor Eric Adams trails in fourth place behind Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, according to a new poll.

Mamdani gets support from 35 percent of registered voters, followed by Cuomo with 25, Sliwa with 14, Adams at 11 and attorney Jim Walden at 1 percent. Thirteen percent of respondents said they weren’t sure, while 1 percent picked another candidate.

    • @ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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      518 days ago

      By this point, the world is like that, eagerly watching if the guy can upset such a corrupt, biased system.

      So he will definitely be the democratic nominee, right? And now he’s going against a republican in the general election? When is it?

      • Cethin
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        517 days ago

        He is the Democratic nominee. As the post says, he’s mostly going against the former Democratic, current independent, mayor Andrew Cuomo more than the republican candidate.

        • @Tinidril@midwest.social
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          817 days ago

          Now it’s time for the “vote blue no matter who” crowd to put up or shut up. So far, party loyalty doesn’t seem very important to a lot of the establishment.

          • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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            317 days ago

            That’s because they only support “democracy” when it is ruled by a corporate oligarchy. Neolibs will not abandon neoliberalism when it becomes unpopular, they will abandon democracy; just like conservatives did.

    • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      I’m low key pretty concerned about Mamdani’s safety - between (essentially official, government-supported) expressions of stochastic terrorism, to weaponization of immigration law and enforcement, to straight up assassination attempts by far right wing-nuts, I will honestly be very pleasantly surprised if he makes it to the election without someone trying something pretty serious.

      And to be clear, I do hope he makes it to the election, and wins, and that his term as mayor makes it blindingly obvious to the vast majority of people that Mamdani’s tactics are the clear way forward. I’m also just fully aware that we’re in the “kicking and screaming” phase with reactionaries, and that those same people are running shit now.

      • The realistic thing that’s gonna happen is that Mamdani is gonna win, then city council is gonna block every policy he proposes. Then next election (if the country doesn’t fall apart by then) the billionarie ads be like: “Mamdani can’t do anything!”

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      35 percent do. I am mildly worried what happens with ranked choice voting and all the idiots that are voting for the rest of the losers. It’s not like the Democratic primary where basically all the “no chance” rank 1 people were gonna put Mamdani as their second or third choice.

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        I would guess, with nothing but feelings, that a lot of the Cuomo voters would choose him before a Republican, but who knows really?

        Edit: I believe this will be FPtP though.

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      Yes. But unironically. We finally found out what it would have been like if Bernie has won the primary. The Dems would have thrown everything at him losing the general. Probably calling him antisemitic along the way.

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          I think maybe you should use less pronouns when replying and be more specific about what you’re disagreeing with.

          When people reply to me like this I reread my comment. Your reply could be interpreted in multiple ways. So I won’t just jump to the wrong conclusion.

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    I hate that I’m already depressed about what they’re going to do to him or NYC in general…

    I know nothing has happened yet and the election isn’t until November, but there isn’t a single goddamn thing about this country, especially with the so called leader we have now, that makes me think they will simply allow him to become Mayor. Socialists, Democratic socialists, whatever, simply aren’t allowed to hold real positions of power. The entire system is freaking out over the prospect… A single seat in Congress isn’t worth causing a mess over, but running “the financial center of the world” and a city that contains the richest people on earth definitely is to them…

    Ether Trump takes over NYC like he’s already threatened, they deport him, or the Democrats commit political suicide and get caught sabotaging his election. I have 0 faith that he simply wins and gets to be Mayor.

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      It looks bleak. I try to remember that general despair and lack of faith in elections is exactly the aim of many propagandists, and that apathy only serves the aims of those who would destroy us.

      It’s hard sometimes because of the difficult past the US has had. Anyone trying to undermine America often need not even lie, but they do need to convince you that it’s hopeless, and that change is impossible. I see no reason to oblige them.

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      I think the issue is a single congressperson can’t show people that it works. A mayor can, and that’s their biggest fear. If people learn how good it is for them they may actually start supporting it, instead of being scared like they’ve been told to believe by the wealthy who control the media.

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    I’m expecting the dumbass voters to sit it out again in view of the expected landslide (or maybe another outrage happening across the world) and let the candidate with the convicted past into office. Again.

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      This time the Democrats have an actual flesh and blood candidate who actually stands for something. If he wins, will that alter your perspective at all?

      American voters suck, just like they have always sucked, just like voters suck everyplace else. That’s the field in which the game is played.

      Being the lesser of two evils is not a good strategy. The greater evil gets all the attention and therefore enthusiasm. Good vs evil is a whole different dynamic.

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    Adams will quit and endorse Cuomo last min 99.9% sure, Silwa> 50% IMO.

    So I think it’s a toss up at best.

    • @Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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      I think you mean Democrat fuckery. The Republicans already said they want to deport him to his face.

      Republican don’t have fuckery they just say what evil thing they are gonna do then go ahead and set it in motion all on Twitter for everyone to see.

      Democrats run a primary to pick the candidate to run then when it’s not the guy they want behind closed doors they start the fuckery in secret.

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      There’s going to be a lot of rat fucking on BOTH sides. He isn’t any more popular with establishment Dems than he is with Republicans.

      I think it’s great that people like David Hogg and Mamdani are scaring the Trad Dems into exposing their true nature.

  • @buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    13% undecided? I’m not holding my breath. The fascists and the faithless Democrats are gonna do whatever it takes to tank him.

    NYC get out and knock on some doors!!!