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3 new polls in NYC mayor's race show Zohran Mamdani at least 10 points ahead of Andrew Cuomo

New York City's race for mayor has less than a week to go until Election Day, and several new polls have been released in the past 24 hours. 

All show Democrat frontrunner Zohran Mamdani with a commanding lead, despite a poll earlier this week showing Andrew Cuomo had cut Mamdani's lead in half as they head into the final week. 

Voter enthusiasm remains high for the election, with more than 372,000 ballots cast during early voting so far. 

Latest polls in the NYC mayor's race

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A new Emerson College poll shows Mamdani leading with 50% of likely voters.  CBS News New York

An Emerson College poll released Thursday shows 50% of likely voters in support of Mamdani, followed by 25% for Cuomo and 21% for Sliwa, with 5% still undecided. 

"Mamdani appears to have built a coalition across key demographics, increasing his margin among Black voters since last month, from 50% to 71%, whereas Cuomo dropped ten points among Black voters since September," Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, noted. "Mamdani continues to have a base of young voters; 69% of voters under 50 support him, whereas 37% of voters over 50 support Mamdani, while 31% support Cuomo and 28% Silwa."

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A new Marist poll shows Mamdani with a 16-point lead over Cuomo, while Sliwa trails behind. CBS News New York

Meanwhile, a Marist poll released overnight found Mamdani with a 16-point lead over Cuomo, at 48% to 32%. Sliwa trailed behind at 16%. 

Those numbers differ from a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday that showed Mamdani's lead over Cuomo narrowing from 20 points to just 10, at 43% to 33%.

Earlier this week, a Suffolk University Boston poll also found Mamdani going from a 20-point to 10-point advantage, cutting his lead in half. 

Candidates on the campaign trail

Sliwa took his campaign underground Thursday morning, holding a news conference at the 57th Street subway station in Midtown. 

"I would suggest to Andrew Cuomo that he spend less time in closed meetings and actually get out there and press the flesh," Sliwa said. "Zohran Mamdani who would promote, if mayor, more actions that would lead to more shoplifting, more problems for bodega owners."

Cuomo stood with Muslim faith leaders and Mayor Eric Adams in a show of support Thursday.

Mamdani spent the day at a Sip and Paint with seniors in Brooklyn. He said despite the positive polls, his team is not taking anything for granted.

All three candidates will be traversing the city to make their final pitch to voters before Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 4. 

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