45% Say Mamdani Will Be Good for New York

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• Forty-five percent (45%) say newly elected New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, will be good for New York, while 44% say he will be bad.
  • Those numbers include 25% who say he will be Very Good and 31% who say Very Bad.
  • Seven in 10 Democrats (70%) agree that Mamdani will be good for New York, and only 19% say he will be bad.
  • Conversely, only 20% of Republicans say he will be good, and an overwhelming 73% say he will be bad.
  • An overwhelming majority (81%) of voters who have a favorable opinion of socialism say that Mamdani will be good for New York. This includes 50% who say he will be Very Good.
  • Similarly, more voters who favor AOC’s policies (86%) say that Mamdani will be good for New York, but only 55% of traditional Democrats say the same.
• While some have suggested that Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic party, just 27% say that a candidate like Mamdani would have a better chance in the next presidential election than a more traditional Democrat.
  • A healthy majority (59%) say a more traditional Democrat would have a better chance.
  • Among voters who favor AOC-like policies, 58% think a Mamdani-like candidate would be best, and only 34% think a more traditional candidate would be best for the party.
  • However, those who prefer traditional Democratic policies overwhelmingly have the opposite view by a 71% to 19% margin.
• Even though the New York mayoral race might not generally affect most voters outside of New York, 25% have been following the news about it Very Closely. Thirty-nine percent (39%) have been following Somewhat Closely.

*Learn more about the shifting definitions of socialism among voters.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, November 5-6, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.