India, July 26 -- The race for TIME's next Person of the Year is already drawing attention, with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani narrowly leading President Donald Trump in the early voting. Mamdani currently has 22% support, just ahead of Trump's 21%.

As per the numbers, Pope Leo is at 12% and Netanyahu is at 11%.

Mamdani, who is 34, was born in Kampala, Uganda and then moved to New York with his family age seven.

According to TIME, Mamdani gave the Democratic Party something it badly needed: a new source of momentum. His run for New York City mayor included viral videos across the boroughs, promises of rent freezes, free buses and childcare, and a grassroots coalition that led to huge turnout. This helped him go from single-digit s...