Applying ranked choice here, Cuomo crosses 50% in the seventh round. By the tenth and final one, he defeats Mamdani 70-30 in a one-on-one.
It should be remembered that there's still time for things to change; had polling in March 2021 held up, then Mayor Andrew Yang would be running for reelection. But Cuomo is much stronger than Yang, an…
Applying ranked choice here, Cuomo crosses 50% in the seventh round. By the tenth and final one, he defeats Mamdani 70-30 in a one-on-one.
It should be remembered that there's still time for things to change; had polling in March 2021 held up, then Mayor Andrew Yang would be running for reelection. But Cuomo is much stronger than Yang, and defeating him will probably require a quick coalescing around one serious opposition candidate, and I'm not at all sure if Mamdani is or should be it, at least from an electoral perspective.
Applying ranked choice here, Cuomo crosses 50% in the seventh round. By the tenth and final one, he defeats Mamdani 70-30 in a one-on-one.
It should be remembered that there's still time for things to change; had polling in March 2021 held up, then Mayor Andrew Yang would be running for reelection. But Cuomo is much stronger than Yang, and defeating him will probably require a quick coalescing around one serious opposition candidate, and I'm not at all sure if Mamdani is or should be it, at least from an electoral perspective.