Mamdani is more popular than AOC, new poll shows

Apparently, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is more popular than fellow Democratic socialist and New Yorker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a new poll reveals.

About 38% of likely voters have an overall favorable opinion of Mamdani, compared to 30% for Ocasio-Cortez, according to a New York Times-Siena University poll released on Sept. 15. The poll featured responses from slightly more than 1,500 voters from Sept. 8-13 and has a 2.9% margin of error.

The likely voters polled were asked myriad questions, including whether they had a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of certain issues. These included their overall assessment of the democratic socialists, the relatively new mayor Mamdani, and Ocasio-Cortez, the four-term congresswoman who hasn't ruled out a 2028 run for president.

In addition to his 38% favorable view, Mamdani also had a 33% unfavorable view, the poll said. The mayor has a more favorable view among women compared with men (41% to 35%). However, men had an unfavorable view of Mamdani that was almost twice as much as women (43% to 23%), the poll revealed.

Mamdani also had a favorable opinion among likely voters ages 18 to 29 (51%) and 30 to 44 (49%)…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/