NYC Mayor Mamdani Wins 56% Approval as 61% Say He Exceeds Expectations
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 8
NYC Mayor Mamdani Wins 56% Approval as 61% Say He Exceeds Expectations
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 8
Summary
Fifty-six percent of New York City registered voters rated Zohran Mamdani’s performance as mayor excellent or good in a Suffolk University poll released Tuesday, while 61% said he has done better than expected.
The poll also found broad backing for Mamdani to attend Friday’s 25th anniversary 9/11 commemoration, with nearly 74% saying he should go as the city’s representative.
That support comes despite Republican criticism from Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki and objections tied to Mamdani’s hiring of a lawyer who once represented a convicted al-Qaeda member in Guantánamo Bay proceedings.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist who beat Andrew Cuomo with 51% in the 2025 mayoral race, has become part of a wider leftward shift reshaping Democratic contests nationwide this year.