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De Blasio Has Large Lead Heading into Final Days
Source: Siena Research Institute
Loudonville, NY. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has opened a large lead over his competitors in the race for the
Democratic nomination to become New York Citys next mayor, according to The New York Times/Siena
College Poll of likely New York City primary voters released today. De Blasio has the support of 32 percent of
likely Democratic voters, compared to 18 percent for former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, 17 percent for City
Council Speaker Christine Quinn, 11 percent for former Congressman Anthony Weiner, and three percent for
City Comptroller John Liu. One in six voters remains undecided.
In the race for City Comptroller, former Governor Eliot Spitzer has 50-35 percent lead over Manhattan Borough
President Scott Stringer, who remains largely unknown to half of the likely voters.
Democratic nomination to become New York Citys next mayor, according to The New York Times/Siena
College Poll of likely New York City primary voters released today. De Blasio has the support of 32 percent of
likely Democratic voters, compared to 18 percent for former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, 17 percent for City
Council Speaker Christine Quinn, 11 percent for former Congressman Anthony Weiner, and three percent for
City Comptroller John Liu. One in six voters remains undecided.
In the race for City Comptroller, former Governor Eliot Spitzer has 50-35 percent lead over Manhattan Borough
President Scott Stringer, who remains largely unknown to half of the likely voters.
Read more: http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_and_community/community_page/sri/sny_poll/NYT%20Siena%20August%20Poll%20Press%20Release%208-31-13%20--%20FINAL.pdf
The question is - with 10 days to go, will DeBlasio's forward momentum give him the additional strength to hit the 40% mark and avoid a runoff?
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De Blasio Has Large Lead Heading into Final Days (Original Post)
brooklynite
Aug 2013
OP
I was in New Jersey when I heard deBlasio was greeting in Manhattan with Howard Dean
Billy Love
Aug 2013
#2
ann---
(1,933 posts)1. When I first saw this postI read it as "DeBlasio has large head!"
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Actually, that would be Weiner
Billy Love
(117 posts)2. I was in New Jersey when I heard deBlasio was greeting in Manhattan with Howard Dean
Oh, I would have loved to meet both of them while I was in town.
Especially Howard Dean - as he is my choice for President since 2004.
calimary
(80,699 posts)4. Welcome to DU, Billy Love!
Glad you're here! And +1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 on Howard Dean. STILL love the Good Doctor! And he STILL makes sense. And he's still under-appreciated.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)5. Welcome aboard and I am voting for De Blasio!
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)6. Excellent
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)7. This is a very good thing. K&R n/t
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)8. Kick n/t
Graybeard
(6,996 posts)9. It's possible he could avoid a run-off.
If de Blasio's support keeps growing he could reach the 40% needed to avoid a run-off. That would be great even though de Blasio would easily win against any of the other Dems anyway.
East Coast Pirate
(775 posts)10. What an improvement over Bloomberg he will be.
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)11. CBS reported Spitzer:Stringer 46:46 last night. nt
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)12. Can someone tell me what's wrong with Bill Thompson?
KinMd
(966 posts)13. He would still need to win the general elction in November..which no Democrat has won since 1989