Andrew Yang is the most prominent election for New York City mayor among the major voting groups

According to the poll, Brooklyn District President Eric Adams and New York City Controller Scott Stringer, who also run for mayor in the Democratic primary, were the first choice for 13% of Democrats 50 years or older.

Democratic candidate Ray McGuire, a former vice president of Citigroup, received 9% of the Democrats’ first-choice votes in this age category, and candidate Maya Wiley, a Democratic candidate and former legal adviser to Mayor Bill de Blasio , had 7%, the survey showed.

Of the Democrats surveyed, 26% were still undecided. For Republican voters, 44% were undecided.

Sasha Ahuja, Yang’s campaign manager, said: “The only poll that matters is election day, and our strategy remains the same: make sure as many New Yorkers as possible listen to the message of ‘Andrew: Hope is on its way.’

A spokesman for Mr Adams said: “This poll, like others, outnumbers black voters, but Eric Adams will make sure his voice is heard … because he is forming a historic coalition of support to become the next mayor “. Lupe Todd-Medina, Mr. McGuire’s senior adviser, said: “The race is very open, but the movement in this poll is consistent with what we are experiencing on the ground.” Representatives of Mr. Stringer and Mrs. Wiley declined to comment.

The survey surveyed New Yorkers aged 50 and over by telephone and online from March 29 to April 8. The 531 registered Democrats and 129 registered Republicans who were polled are people who constantly vote in general elections and others, according to Don Levy, head of the Research Institute at Siena College.

Curtis Sliwa, a Republican mayoral candidate and founder of the Guardian Angels street patrol group, was the best choice for 40% of registered Republicans over the age of 50. Five other Republican candidates are running for mayor in the mostly Democratic city.

Of Democrats surveyed in the poll, 85% said they were safe or likely to vote. Of Republicans, 69% said they would surely vote or probably would.

“We are still in a pandemic and it is always difficult to predict how conditions in June will affect whether or not they vote,” Drs. Levy in an interview. “Among this age group, Yang has a definite advantage.”

Beth Finkel, AARP’s New York state director, said voters 50 and older are the most consistent voting bloc. According to the AARP, the age group accounted for 79% of all people who voted in the 2013 mayoral primaries.

Older voters tend to be more concerned about affordable housing, pedestrian safety and traffic, Ms Finkel said. AARP will publish more polls in the coming weeks focusing on more important topics for older New Yorkers, he said.

The survey also simulated the city’s classified election process, asking people to rank their top three candidates. Among the Democratic candidates, Messrs. Yang and Stringer each received 16 percent of the second-choice vote, and Mr. Adams was the second choice for 15 percent of respondents, the poll showed. Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan and Mr. McGuire each received 10% of the second-choice votes and Ms. Wiley 8%.

Mr. Donovan’s spokesman Jeremy Edwards told so many undecided voters, “We are confident that Shaun’s experience of overcoming the crisis will resonate with more New Yorkers as they begin to tune in to the race …”

Dr. Levy said there are still unknown factors that could decide the June primaries and that undecided voters will play an important role. But as the poll went through the classified election scenarios, Mr. Yang’s leadership continued.

“Yang is polling well in all demographic countries,” he said.

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