Why is Eric Adams staying in the mayor's race despite low polls? Experts offer a few possible reasons

Mayor Eric Adams declared last Friday that he is staying in the New York City mayor’s race because he is the only candidate who can defeat Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

“I am running, and I’m going to beat Mamdani, and I’m going to continue the success that the city has witnessed,” Adams said during the news conference at Gracie Mansion — the mayoral residence — amid reports that he had been moving closer to scoring a plum post in President Trump’s administration.

Four days later, a poll released by Siena College and The New York Times found that just 9% of surveyed voters supported the incumbent mayor. The poll seemed to line up with many other recent polls, with Adams running third or fourth and/or with single-digit support.

As it stands right now — and as the Siena/New York Times poll showed — Mamdani leads the four-person field with a plurality, and the candidates opposing him must consolidate behind the strongest polling amongst them, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to have a chance at defeating him.



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