The poll results emerge as Cuomo relaunched his campaign as an independent following his primary defeat by Mamdani.

A new poll suggested that democratic socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's sheen may already be wearing off among voters. Mamdani's support appears to have dropped 14 percentage points from less than a week ago,

Even with the new poll being heavily skewed when surveying voters to try to help boost Eric Adams’ numbers and tarnish others, the mayor failed to garner much support, much to the chagrin of

An Emerson College–PIX 11 poll shows Mamdani winning over Cuomo by 52 percent to 48 percent in the eighth round of a ranked-choice voting simulation.

At the same time, the poll offered seemingly contradictory results, with 63% of respondents of the opinion that Cuomo should not hold public office again. Those findings align more with recent polling done by Siena College , which found that 60% of New Yorkers viewed him unfavorably in February – the same number as October 2021 – and 80% believed he made the right choice in resigning.