Some of President Donald Trump’s voters are leaving Republican New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa for former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, according to a new poll.

Newsweek has contacted the Sliwa and Cuomo campaigns for comment via email.

Why It Matters

While Republicans make up a minority of voters in the liberal bastion of New York City, they have been uniquely powerful in this year’s mayoral race. Cuomo has sought to build a coalition of Republicans , independents and moderate voters to defeat Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani. Sliwa, who ran for mayor in 2021, has faced calls to exit the race to give Cuomo a boost among Republicans.

A new Emerson College poll released on Thursday found that Sliwa is indeed losing Trump voters to Cuomo compared to his 2021 run, t

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