"When New York City Mayor Eric Adams dropped his re-election bid last month, it was former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who stood to benefit most. Both longtime Democrats, running this year as third-party contenders, had positioned themselves as moderates in a multiway general election. And Cuomo was thought to be the most likely destination for voters unconvinced by Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the race."
""Even if Cuomo were to have gotten all of Adams' voters, it was still going to be hard for him to make up all of the ground - and that seems, to some measure, to have happened," said Basil Smikle, a Democratic strategist who was previously the executive director of the New York state Democratic Party. "What Cuomo needed was to grow his base - but there aren't enough voters to do that. Not in this amount of time and with his ideology and in this political environment.""
"A Quinnipiac University poll conducted in the first week of October and released Thursday showed Mamdani leading Cuomo among likely voters, 46%-33%, well outside the survey's margin of error. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa received 15%, according to the poll, one of the first major surveys taken after Adams exited the race in late September."
Eric Adams' withdrawal from the mayoral race transferred much of his support to Andrew Cuomo, who appeared positioned to benefit. Both Cuomo and Adams ran as moderates this year while Zohran Mamdani became the Democratic nominee. Cuomo gained consolidation of former Adams voters but has not meaningfully expanded his base beyond those supporters. Recent polls show Mamdani leading Cuomo by a wide margin, and Republican Curtis Sliwa polling behind both. Limited time before early voting begins on Oct. 25 constrains Cuomo's ability to grow additional support.
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