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In addition to the upcoming election, voters were also asked to weigh in on a hypothetical Senate election between Bronx natives and U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres. Ocasio-Cortez secures 58%, compared to Torres’ 23%.
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After hearing the facts, voters are strongly against Andrew Cuomo’s taxpayer-funded lawsuits against over a dozen women who have accused him of sexual harassment. Only 12% of respondents support tax dollars going towards these lawsuits, while 77% oppose the practice.
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Echoing a key plank of Zohran Mamdani's platform, 3/4ths of voters support freezing rent for stabilized tentants.
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When asked to consider the impacts of endorsements from several political organizations on their likelihood to support a candidate, voters broke heavily in favor of the left-wing DSA (+24%) and WFP (+42%). The zionist AIPAC did not fare as well (-5%).
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Beyond attractiveness, voters have a far more favorable general view of Mamdani (+44%) than Cuomo (+12%). Additionally, 14% of voters still don’t know enough about Mamdani to give an opinion.
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Attractiveness is a big differentiator between the two front-runners. 52% of voters rate Zohran Mamdani 7 or above on a 1-10 scale, while 58% of voters rate Andrew Cuomo 5 or lower.
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AFTER HEATED SECOND DEBATE AND SUPERPAC ATTACKS, MAMDANI AND CUOMO RACE TO STATISTICAL TIE

Read the thread for more insights from our new poll with @dreamfornyc.bsky.social 🧵
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CORRECTION: The second and third graphics included mistakenly swapped somewhat negative and strong negative bars. Corrected graphics below:
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White Americans view Mangione by far the least favorably, with only 14% having a positive opinion of him, compared to 28% of Hispanic Americans and 31% of Black Americans.
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Those who have been denied care by their health insurance provider were over three times more likely (33%) to view Mangione favorably than those who have not (9%).
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More insights from our poll, conducted on December 11 with a sample size of 455 U.S. adults:

Respondents under 45 or with a history of denied insurance claims were over three times as likely to view the alleged killer favorably.
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BREAKING: In First Poll Released Since Killing, Young Americans Favor Luigi Mangione over UnitedHealthcare & Slain CEO Brian Thompson

Young Americans have a higher net approval of Mangione (-10%) than of Brian Thompson (-24%), UnitedHealthcare (-31%), and the health insurance industry (-34%).