A poll conducted Tuesday night asked New York City voters whether Andrew Cuomo is a viable candidate in a general election for mayor after getting trounced by socialist Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary.
The survey was conducted by the market research firm Clear Insights, according to a respondent who received the text survey.
The first question asked about the voter’s preference for mayor, with Cuomo listed first on the minor ballot line called Fight & Deliver. Republican Curtis Sliwa was listed second, Mamdani third on the Democratic line, followed by incumbent Mayor Eric Adams fourth and independent Jim Walden, respectively.
The survey then asked: “If Eric Adams decided not to run for mayor in the November general election for mayor, who would you vote for?
“Is there any chance you might consider voting for Andrew Cuomo, or would you say there is no chance?”
The poll provided respondents with both positive and negative statements about the records and positions of both Cuomo and Mamdani, but then gives an additional negative statement about Mamdani.
The survey said the voter was “randomly chosen” to read more from “critics of Zohran Mamdani.”
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The statement said Mamdani opposed legislation to stop revenge porn, and that he would raise $9 billion in taxes, “driving small businesses out of the city and creating a budget deficit that could put education and transit funding at risk.”
It then listed Mamdani’s anti-Israel positions: accusing Israel of apartheid and committing “genocide” in Gaza, refusing to support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, while “defending those who say they want to globalize the intifada.”
The survey then repeated what was mentioned to voters earlier– that Mamdani wants to “defund and dismantle” the NYPD, proposed cutting $3 billion from the NYPD budget and advocated for a hiring freeze.
It then asked, “One final time, who would you vote for?”
Mamdani, the socialist Queens Assemblyman, defeated Cuomo in the ranked choice Democratic primary 56% to 44%. Mayor Adams, a Democrat skipped the primary.
Clear Insights declined to comment on the client it was polling for.
The Cuomo campaign declined to comment.
An insider with the pro-Cuomo Fix The City Super PAC said it is not polling.
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