Topline Polling Data: NYC Mayoral Race
We have completed 1,214 citywide survey interviews among the New York City Democratic Primary electorate to ask their opinions about the June race for Mayor.
Our survey included a ballot test of the current field of declared candidates along with possible candidates, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Here is the readout from the polling data.
Ballot for the Democratic Primary Race for Mayor
In the ballot for Mayor, Andrew Cuomo continues to have a decisive lead, winning 38% of the vote – an increase of 3 points from our prior polling. Cuomo is followed by Zohran Mamdani with 12% and Eric Adams at 10%, with the other candidates following behind in the single digits. This was the first survey to evaluate City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and we found her polling at just 2% of the vote.
Question Text: If the Democratic Primary Election for Mayor of New York City were held today and the candidates were Adrienne Adams, Eric Adams, Michael Blake, Andrew Cuomo, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie, Jessica Ramos, Scott Stringer, and Whitney Tilson, for whom would you vote?
Favorability
We asked the favorability of Kathy Hochul, Adrienne Adams, and Eric Adams. Here is what we found:
- 52% are favorable towards Kathy Hochul and 45% are unfavorable.
- 28% are favorable towards Adrienne Adams and 18% are unfavorable. 54% are unfamiliar with Speaker Adams or don’t have an opinion of her.
- Just 22% are favorable toward Eric Adams and 75% are unfavorable towards him
Question Text: For each of the following names, please indicate if you are familiar with that person, and if so, whether you have a very favorable view of that person, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable view of them.
Adrienne Adams Familiar-Favorable-Vote Waterfall
We consolidated several data points containing voter perceptions towards Adrienne Adams into a “waterfall” chart. 46% are familiar with Adrienne Adams, 28% are favorable towards her, and just 2% support her in the Mayoral ballot.
Survey Methodology:
Honan Strategy Group surveyed 1,214 likely Democratic Primary via a text-to-web survey methodology on February 22 and 23, 2025 achieving an overall margin of sampling error of = +/- 2.81% and larger for subgroups. Our survey sampling was drawn to reflect the known voting population characteristics of the New York City Democratic Primary voting universe including; race, age, gender, and borough – along with a sampling of Anti-Trump surge voters.
