Andrew Cuomo believes President Donald Trump could influence the mayoral contest, potentially by discouraging votes for Republican Curtis Sliwa to benefit Democrat Zohran Mamdani. The campaign displayed a lackluster primary effort with minimal active campaigning and fundraising pitches to wealthy donors. Observers characterize the campaign as marked by repeated political miscues and strategic confusion. Current Mayor Eric Adams faces perceptions of scandal and alignment with Donald Trump, complicating the race. Cuomo's prior resignation and apparent campaign missteps contribute to assessments that his effort is poorly managed and faces long odds against Mamdani.
I'm starting to wonder if the Cuomo mayoral campaign is a performance art where he's trying to lose, MSNBC's Jon Lemire added. Because he ran an extraordinarily lackluster primary campaign where he barely actually campaigned. And now he's telling a rich Hamptons crowd look, you gotta raise money, fine but you're telling a rich Hamptons crowd that you think Donald Trump's gonna come in to attack Mamdani. And in New York City, you think that's gonna hurt Mamdani?
Lemire went on to state that it would take something extraordinary for Cuomo or any of the other candidates, including current Mayor Eric Adams to defeat Mamdani. You have the incumbent mayor who of course is scandal-scarred, to say the least, and is perceived by most to be in the pockets of Donald Trump, Lemire said. And then you have Cuomo who had to resign and now has run what is simply a textbook terrible campaign. Lemire added, Cuomo is just making one mistake after another.
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