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brooklynite

(93,871 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 11:50 AM Aug 2013

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 City’s 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
When I first saw this postI read it as "DeBlasio has large head!" ann--- Aug 2013 #1
Actually, that would be Weiner KamaAina Aug 2013 #3
I was in New Jersey when I heard deBlasio was greeting in Manhattan with Howard Dean Billy Love Aug 2013 #2
Welcome to DU, Billy Love! calimary Aug 2013 #4
Welcome aboard and I am voting for De Blasio! hrmjustin Aug 2013 #5
Excellent gopiscrap Aug 2013 #6
This is a very good thing. K&R n/t Jefferson23 Aug 2013 #7
Kick n/t Tx4obama Aug 2013 #8
It's possible he could avoid a run-off. Graybeard Aug 2013 #9
What an improvement over Bloomberg he will be. East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #10
CBS reported Spitzer:Stringer 46:46 last night. nt proverbialwisdom Aug 2013 #11
Can someone tell me what's wrong with Bill Thompson? Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2013 #12
He would still need to win the general elction in November..which no Democrat has won since 1989 KinMd Aug 2013 #13
 

Billy Love

(117 posts)
2. I was in New Jersey when I heard deBlasio was greeting in Manhattan with Howard Dean
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 12:02 PM
Aug 2013

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!
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 02:06 PM
Aug 2013

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.

Graybeard

(6,996 posts)
9. It's possible he could avoid a run-off.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:46 PM
Aug 2013

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.

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