If Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic Primary, he'd be the favorite to win a plurality of the vote in the General Election. Andrew Cuomo, running on an Independent ballot line, would have to compete with both incumbent Eric Adams, also running third-party, and Curtis Sliwa, the presumptive Republican nominee, to consolidate the anti-Mamd…
If Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic Primary, he'd be the favorite to win a plurality of the vote in the General Election. Andrew Cuomo, running on an Independent ballot line, would have to compete with both incumbent Eric Adams, also running third-party, and Curtis Sliwa, the presumptive Republican nominee, to consolidate the anti-Mamdani vote. Neither of the aforementioned three would have any incentive to drop out to help the others, and said fractured opposition would be a boon to Mamdani.
The Democratic nominee, regardless of who it is, will be very difficult to defeat in November.
Do you think Eric Adams is actually going to stay in the race, rather than doing an RFK Jr.-style endorsement? I think he would RELISH the chance to play kingmaker here, and I think he'd actually be very game to allying with Sliwa. (He did try to run on the Republican ticket, lol!)
If Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic Primary, he'd be the favorite to win a plurality of the vote in the General Election. Andrew Cuomo, running on an Independent ballot line, would have to compete with both incumbent Eric Adams, also running third-party, and Curtis Sliwa, the presumptive Republican nominee, to consolidate the anti-Mamdani vote. Neither of the aforementioned three would have any incentive to drop out to help the others, and said fractured opposition would be a boon to Mamdani.
The Democratic nominee, regardless of who it is, will be very difficult to defeat in November.
Do you think Eric Adams is actually going to stay in the race, rather than doing an RFK Jr.-style endorsement? I think he would RELISH the chance to play kingmaker here, and I think he'd actually be very game to allying with Sliwa. (He did try to run on the Republican ticket, lol!)