New York Jews favor former governor Andrew Cuomo over the far-left Israel critic Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race, a new poll says, days before the election.
The Quinnipiac University poll finds that, if elections were held today, 60 percent of Jews would vote for Cuomo, and 16% for Mamdani. The survey has a relatively small sample size of 170 Jews, with a ±9.2% margin of error for Jewish respondents.
Twelve percent of Jews would vote for Republican Curtis Sliwa, while the remainder are undecided, favor another candidate, or refused to answer.
The poll says that 75% of Jews have an unfavorable view of Mamdani and 15% are in favor, while 39% have a favorable view of Cuomo, and 50% have an unfavorable view.
The top issue for Jewish voters, by a wide margin, is crime, followed by affordable housing and schools. The survey does not ask about Israel or Jewish issues.
For all voters, Mamdani leads Cuomo 43% to 33%, and Sliwa trails both at 14%.
Early voting is underway and the general election is on November 4.
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