Mamdani leads polls at 45%. What happens if no candidate gets 50% in the general election?

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NYC uses ranked-choice voting in general elections. If no candidate gets 50%+ in round one, the last-place finisher is eliminated and their voters' second choices get redistributed. With Mamdani at 45%, Cuomo at 38%, Sliwa at 12%, Sliwa gets eliminated first. Polls show 60% of his voters pick Cuomo as second choice, 25% Mamdani. That would give Cuomo a boost to ~45.2%. RCV rewards candidates with broad appeal—you want to be voters' second choice even if not their first.

Mamdani leads polls at 45%. What happens if no candidate gets 50% in the general election?

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