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Polls suggest the left will lose out in the city arguably leading the socialist revival in the United States.

The forces driving a likely moderate outcome in the June 22 Democratic primary are varied; many are specific to New York and to this election. But the race also contains major warning signs for progressives across the country. 

If the left loses out in the city arguably leading the socialist revival in the United States, it will be, at least in part, because of dramatic infighting fueled by rigid positions on sexual and social-justice politics, as well as the generalized failure to unify behind one candidate alluded to by Ocasio-Cortez.

A poll released on Monday had Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang as the front-runners. Wiley had just 9 percent support, putting her in fifth place. 

A fresher survey released Wednesday had Wiley in second, just in front of Yang and behind Adams. Both of those polls also showed the number of people supporting three different progressive candidates is the largest bloc in the city.