Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani’s lead over rival Andrew Cuomo shrunk by 3% over the previous month, however the frontrunner nonetheless maintains a double-digit lead in line with a brand new Quinnipiac College ballot launched Wednesday.
Mamdani leads the race by ten factors, with 43% of possible voters’ help, the ballot discovered, with Cuomo nabbing 33% and Republican Curtis Sliwa at 14%.
This compares to the 13-point hole the college’s ballot discovered earlier in October, with Mamdani receiving 46% to Cuomo’s 33%.
The polls comes as Cuomo has ratcheted up assaults towards the state assemblymember within the closing days of the election and appealed to conservative Sliwa voters to vote for him as an alternative. Cuomo’s help, per the ballot, has stayed regular.
“The candidates have made their case, early voting is underway, Zohran Mamdani has a 10-point lead over Andrew Cuomo with Curtis Sliwa a distant third, but one wildcard remains,” Mary Snow, the ballot’s assistant director mentioned. “The percentage of likely voters not weighing in has increased a bit since earlier this month, suggesting there’s room for movement in the final stretch.”
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pictured in Staten Island on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Rose Abuin / New York Each day Information)
The proportion of undecided voters grew by 3% within the newest ballot from Quinnipiac’s early October ballot.
“We’ve seen this movie before — in the Bloomberg and Giuliani races, late polls missed the surge of real, working-class voters who turn out when it counts. The same thing is happening now,” Cuomo spokesperson Wealthy Azzopardi mentioned in an announcement.
The ex-governor has pitched himself because the anti-Mamdani different to Sliwa for conservative voters, claiming that the Republican nominee has no probability at profitable. He’s additionally launched some extra private assaults on the candidate, going after his age and Ugandan citizenship.
Curtis Sliwa is pictured after a press convention contained in the Staten Island Ferry Terminal Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 in Manhattan, New York, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
It appears Cuomo has made some inroads among the many metropolis’s Republican voters.
Final month’s ballot confirmed right-wing city-dwellers breaking 54-37 for Sliwa and Cuomo respectively. However Wednesday’s ballot confirmed Cuomo had gained 8 factors amongst these voters since then, now simply barely main Sliwa amongst Republican voters 45% to 44%.
“They’re starting to learn who, who Zohran really is, and what he has said and what he stands for, and what the democratic socialist agenda is all about, and how unqualified he is,” Cuomo mentioned of New Yorkers at an unrelated press convention on Staten Island Wednesday, saying “normal” voters will come out to help him within the basic election as a result of Mamdani “frightens” them.
Polls have constantly proven the race considerably narrowing between Mamdani and Cuomo, though the democratic socialist nonetheless leads the race by double digits.
“Zohran’s going to take his message to every single voter because every New Yorker deserves a city they can afford. Now is not the time to be complacent,” Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec mentioned.
New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks throughout a press convention on October 29, 2025 within the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. (Picture by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photographs)
The polls was carried out Oct. 23-27 amongst 911 New York Metropolis possible voters had been surveyed with a margin of error of +/- 4.0 share factors.
Early voting is presently underway and can undergo Sunday, with Election Day on Tueday, Nov. 4.
With Rose Abuin
