De Blasio Has Enormous Lead Over Lhota, Poll Finds (+50 Points!)

[onehandle]

Source: New York Times

With five weeks until Election Day, the race for New York City mayor is shaping up to be a landslide, with Bill de Blasio holding a 50-point lead over his Republican opponent, Joseph J. Lhota, in a poll released on Thursday by Quinnipiac University.

Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, received the support of 71 percent of likely voters, compared with 21 percent for Mr. Lhota, the poll found. The Independence Party candidate, Adolfo Carrión Jr., received 2 percent.

The poll, conducted from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, showed Mr. de Blasio, the city’s public advocate, with a comfortable lead among white voters and an enormous one among blacks and Hispanics. Only 5 percent of likely voters remained undecided, and less than a tenth of those who favored Mr. de Blasio said there was a good chance they would change whom they supported.

“These numbers say Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s kids can start arguing over who gets the best bedroom in Gracie Mansion,” Maurice Carroll, the director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/nyregion/de-blasio-has-enormous-lead-over-lhota-poll-finds.html

[Nye Bevan]

1. I think that's a safe enough lead that he can tweet a picture of his penis and still win (nt)

[caseymoz]

5. A penis-tweeting safe lead.

Or PTSL

[Graybeard]

2. And Tish James is running unopposed.

Democratic candidate for Public Advocate Letisha James will have no Republican opponent in the election.( Some 'independent' names will be on the ballot )

[Mr.Turnip]

6. Well duh, what sort of Republican would be interested in a position like Public Advocate.

I mean, they might actually have to advocate for the general public! The very thought of the position probably makes them gag.

[hrmjustin]

14. I was so happy she won.

[srican69]

3. basterd lhota ... all he did was to increase MTA ticket prices and cut services ..

the only people to vote for him would those who ride limosines and choppers to work

[hrmjustin]

15. Lhotta actually lost the primary vote in Staten Island, which is the last bastion of the GOP in the

city. He raised the toll on the bridge to $15 and they did not like that. It would be funny if he lost SI in the general.

[Mr.Turnip]

16. If he fails to break I wanna say around 35 percent? I think he just might lose it.

What percentage of the vote did Bloomberg get in SI last time again?


Honestly I think Lhota could have lost in the GOP primary had he been facing someone who wasn't so clownish, he just does not come off as a strong candidate.

[hrmjustin]

17. He won SI big in 2009. Bloomberg lost Brooklyn.

[Mr.Turnip]

4. Wow, his lead has actually managed to get even more ridiculously large.

Unless he like totally fudges the debates or I don't know strips naked while shooting up heroin in times square (and even in both those cases he'd probably still win by at least 20 points.) he's going to be going into office with a gigantic mandate, could help with pushing Albany to accept his tax increase.

Good to know that Lhota crying "MARXISM!" "SOCIALIST" "NICARAGUA" Hasn't done a damn thing to help him, he forgot this is goddamn New York City not some county in Alabama.

[SunSeeker]

12. Yup, the Republican party really is becoming a Southern party, i.e. neo-Confederates.

And their shit doesn't play well to those in the reality-based world outside the bible belt.

[DonViejo]

7. Glenn Beck is doing his best to help

Lhota win...

Glenn Beck Is Pretty Sure NYC's Next Mayor Will Be A 'Violent Revolutionary

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/glenn-beck-s-bill-de-blasio-conspiracy-theory--2

[srican69]

8. Glenn Beck's endorsment actually hurts Lhota in NYC

[DonViejo]

10. I know! It damned well better be hurtful too! eom

[Pretzel_Warrior]

9. That's because Bill de Blasio doesn't advocate killing kittens

[KamaAina]

11. Frist/Lhota 2016!

[Daniel537]

13. But But, DeBlasio honeymooned in Cuba!!!

Surely that disqualifies him from ever holding any Public Office again, ever, anywhere, for anything!!!@Z*(!(&!

[kelliekat44]

18. I hope this is a harbinger of things to come. nt

[Ken Burch]

19. Don't trust that poll, though. Send De Blasio a few bucks if you can

Two things may be in play

1)A lot of Lhota supporters(like Giuliani supporters in his first race against Dinkins)may not be willing to admit that they'll be backing a right-winger.

2)It's possible that the Times(a so-called "liberal" paper that really doesn't want NYC to have a truly progressive mayor)may be running this story to lull DeBlasio supporters into staying home on voting day....thus either increasing the chances for a Lhota upset OR drastically narrowing DeBlasio's margin of victory...which the Times would then use to try to "chasten" DeBlasio into caving and maintaining the status quo on budget and economic policy).

[flamingdem]

20. Viva las Sandinistas!

If you read the NYT expose on de Blasio's youthful involvement with Nicaragua solidarity, you know what I mean. It was a mixed but mostly a hit job.