De Blasio Is Elected New York City Mayor, Exit Polls Show
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Source: New York Times
Bill de Blasio, who transformed himself from a little-known occupant of an obscure office into the fiery voice of New Yorks disillusionment with a new gilded age, was elected the citys 109th mayor on Tuesday, according to exit polls.
His overwhelming victory, stretching from the working-class precincts of central Brooklyn to the suburban streets of northern Queens, amounted to a forceful rejection of the hard-nosed, business-minded style of governance that reigned at City Hall for the past two decades and a sharp leftward turn for the nations largest metropolis.
Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat who is the citys public advocate, defeated his Republican opponent, Joseph J. Lhota, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, by a wide margin.
Exit polls conducted by Edison Research suggested that the sweep of his victory cut across all of New Yorks traditional divides. He won support from voters regardless of race, gender, age, education, religion or income, according to the exit poll.
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)cal04
(41,505 posts)@Newsday
BREAKING: Bill de Blasio is elected mayor of New York City
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I am very excited about him. I think he has potential to bring strong leftward leadership.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)An Italian American winning a big margin in NYC is no surprise,
and doing it as a liberal is so so sweet.