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Henry Rossoff at WPIX:

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The final major independent poll before Primary Day in New York City shows Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani passing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the last round of a ranked-choice voting simulation. The survey of Democratic mayoral primary of early voters and likely voters from PIX11 News, Emerson College, and The Hill shows Mamdani winning in the final round, 52%, to Cuomo’s 48%. Cuomo has the greatest number of first-choice ballots, with the first round of the ranked choice voting simulation showing him at 36%, Mamdani at 34%, and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander at 13%. Cuomo maintains his lead as the simulation plays out until the final round, when Lander is eliminated and the majority of his “second choice” ballots flow to Mamdani.

Mamdani and Lander have cross-endorsed each other, urging their supporters to rank the other candidate second on their ballots. The cross endorsement is one of the several major developments this polling captures for the first time. Conducted June 18-20, the polling surveys New Yorkers following major late breaking campaign developments, including: several cross-endorsements, the final Democratic primary debate, Lander’s brief detention by ICE just outside of federal immigration court, a controversy surrounding Mamdani’s defense of the words “globalize the intifada,” Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsing Mamdani, Cuomo gaining increasing support in the Jewish community and several influential opinion pieces on the pages of The New York Times.

Zohran Mamdani has taken the lead in the final round of the Emerson College/WPIX/The Hill’s RCV poll conducted between June 18th-20th, as former Governor Andrew Cuomo leads in every round until the final.

Go Mamdani!

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