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() With three months to go in the New York mayoral race, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel candidate Zohran Mamdani is finding support among a previously unlikely demographic: New York’s Jewish community.
According to a new poll by Zenith Research and Public Progress Solutions, 43% of Jewish voters in New York said they would vote for Mamdani, including 67% of Jewish voters aged 18 to 44. The poll also found that Mamdani would dominate all four of his opponents combined.
The poll is the first to examine the attitudes of Jewish voters ahead of the general election.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 29: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 29: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 29: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 02: New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani takes photos with supporters during a press conference at the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council building on July 02, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani celebrated his mayoral primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions, including the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, 32BJ SEIU, New York State Nurses Association, and NY City Central Labor Council, and received the endorsements of these unions. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 02: New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council building on July 02, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani celebrated his mayoral primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions, including the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, 32BJ SEIU, New York State Nurses Association, and NY City Central Labor Council, and received the endorsements of these unions. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 09: New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) headquarters on July 09, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani spoke during a press conference alongside UTF President Michael Mulgrew, Chapter leader Dr. Terrain Reeves and members of UTF as he received the endorsement of the teachers union. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 15: Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, speaks at an endorsement event from the union DC 37 on July 15, 2025, in New York City. Weeks after Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor, various wealthy interest groups have begun to mobilize against the 33-year-old state assemblyman. Mamdani has vowed to freeze rent hikes for a year, make buses free, and increase taxes on wealthy New Yorkers. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that he will continue his run for New York City mayor after losing to Zohran Mamdani in last month’s Democratic primary. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 30: New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on the victims of the Midtown shooting at 32BJ SEIU headquarters on July 30, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani joined 32BJ President Manny Pastreich, Bangladeshi American Police Association (BAPA) Co-Founder and Retired NYPD Lieutenant Commander Shamsul Haque and family members of Aland Etienne, who was a member of 32BJ, to speaks about the victims of Monday’s shooting that left four people dead and a fifth critically injured. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel alarmed some
Mamdani’s fierce criticism of Israel has alarmed some in New York’s Jewish community. The 33-year-old State Assembly member has declined to support the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state and supports putting pressure on Israel through boycotts and other tactics.
Despite those views, Mamdani has done well in the city with the largest Jewish population outside Israel.
Mamdani’s success has marked a shift in the views of many American Jewish voters, especially young voters, who are alarmed by Israel’s conduct in the war and increasingly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I think this campaign has really shown us something we have known for a while,” Ben Sadoff, a Jewish New Yorker who campaigned for Mamdani, told The New York Times. “There are a million Jewish New Yorkers who have wide-ranging opinions on all kinds of issues.”
For others, Mamdani’s success has sparked fear in a city where anti-Jewish hate crime has surged. Last year in New York, Jews were the target of more than half of all hate crimes.
“Definitely, people are concerned,” said Rabbi Shimon Hecht, of Congregation B’nai Jacob in Brooklyn.
The Zenith Research and Public Progress Solutions poll surveyed 1,453 New Yorkers from July 16 to 24, with a 2.9% margin of error among registered voters and a slightly higher margin among Jewish voters.
According to the Times of Israel, Public Progress Solutions commissioned the poll and is run by Amit Singh Bagga, an ally of Mamdani.
