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The Polls Scream Mamdani, But Cuomo Won’t Quit
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The former governor’s decision to stay in the race for New York City mayor gives the socialist front-runner yet another advantage.
By Olivia Reingold
07.15.25 — New York
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“If the election were tomorrow, he’d run away with it.”

That is how one prominent New York City financier put it to me on Monday, reacting to a new poll showing 33-year-old socialist Zohran Mamdani dominating the race for Gracie Mansion. That poll, released by progressive think tank Data for Progress, shows Mamdani, a first-term state legislator, crushing Andrew Cuomo, a former New York governor once believed to have White House potential.

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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She co-created and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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Andrew Cuomo
New York City Mayoral Race
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