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Polidex forecasts that Zohran Mamdani will win the 2025 NYC Mayoral Race.

Mamdani has an 86% likelihood of winning.

Three-way race: Zohran Mamdani (D), Andrew Cuomo (I), Curtis Sliwa (R).

* Undecided/Other/Walden split evenly among the three candidates in the running averages.

Borough Forecast

Eric Adams dropped out on Oct 1, 2025. His polling trend is frozen from that date.

Recent Polls (Effective Shares)

DatesPollsterMamdaniCuomoAdamsSliwaSamplePop
Jun 10–16Manhattan Institute28.5%42.5%13.5%15.5%1,000LV
Jun 25Honan Strategy Group (D)39.5%39.5%13.5%7.5%817LV
Jun 28–Jul 1American Pulse Research & Polling36.3%30.3%15.3%17.3%568LV
Jun 30–Jul 2Gotham Polling & Analytics42.5%28.5%17.5%11.5%1,021LV
Jul 1–6Data for Progress (D)41.5%25.5%16.5%15.5%756LV
Jul 2–6Slingshot Strategies (D)38.8%28.8%14.8%17.8%1,036RV
Jul 7–8HarrisX29.8%26.8%16.8%25.8%585RV
Jul 18–20Wick42.3%24.3%12.3%21.3%500LV
Aug 4–7Siena University47.0%28.0%10.0%15.0%317RV
Aug 11AARP/Gotham44.2%25.8%11.2%18.9%317RV
Sep 2–6NY Times/Siena46.0%24.0%15.0%9.0%1,284LV
Sep 4–8Quinnipiac45.0%23.0%15.0%12.0%967LV
Sep 7–8The Hill/Emerson43.0%28.0%10.0%8.0%600RV
Sep 7–13CBS News43.0%28.0%15.0%6.0%1,903LV
Sep 16–18Suffolk*45.0%25.0%9.0%8.0%500LV
Sep 18–22FOX News47.0%29.0%11.0%7.0%814LV
Oct 3–7Quinnipiac46.0%33.0%0.0%15.0%1,015LV
Oct 10–14FOX News52.0%28.0%0.0%14.0%793LV
Oct 14–15AARP**43.0%29.0%0.0%19.0%1,040LV
Oct 22–23Victory Insights47.0%29.0%0.0%16.0%500LV
Oct 23–26Suffolk*44.0%34.0%0.0%11.0%500LV
Oct 23–27Quinnipiac43.0%33.0%0.0%14.0%911LV
Oct 24–28Marist48.0%32.0%0.0%16.0%792LV
Oct 25–28The Hill/Emerson50.0%25.0%0.0%21.0%640LV
Oct 24–28FOX News47.0%31.0%0.0%15.0%971LV
Effective share = reported share + (Undecided + Other + Walden)/4.