Self-labeled Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani holds a wide lead in New York City’s mayoral race less than two months before Election Day, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

The Sept. 4-8 poll of 967 likely New York City voters shows Mamdani, the Democrat candidate, at 45%; former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, at 23%; Republican Curtis Sliwa at 15%; and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent, at 12%.

Cuomo lost in the Democrat primary to Mamdani.

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