Anthony Weiner Surges to Lead in Democratic Mayoral Race: NBC NY/WSJ/Marist Poll

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Anthony Weiner Surges to Lead in Democratic Mayoral Race: NBC NY/WSJ/Marist Poll

By Jon Schuppe at NBC

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Anthony-Weiner-Frontrunner-NYC-Mayoral-Race-Poll-Christine-Quinn-213008841.html

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Weiner leads Quinn 25 percent to 20 percent among registered Democrats, the poll by Marist found. That's a flip-flop from the last survey in May, when Quinn, the longtime front-runner, led Weiner 24 percent to 19 percent.

Just as telling is the number of registered New York voters who said they might vote for Weiner. Forty-nine percent said they’d consider it, up from 40 percent two months ago, before Weiner entered the race. Those who said they wouldn’t consider voting for him dropped from 52 percent to 45 percent.

The next closest contender in the Democratic primary is former Comptroller Bill Thompson, with 13 percent of registered Democrats saying they'd vote for him, up 2 percentage points from May. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio follows with 10 percent, who dropped 2 points. Then comes current Comptroller John Liu at 8 percent, Staten Island minister Erick Salgado at 2 percent and former City Councilman Sal Albanese at 1 percent.

With potential votes spread out over so many candidates, and turnout in the Sept. 10 primary expected to be relatively low, the race remains statistically wide open. Many Democrats — 18 percent — remain undecided, and 61 percent who have a choice indicated that they weren’t firmly committed to it.

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[Arctic Dave]

1. And when he wins, it will be big "fuck you" to all the prigs who clutched

their pearls and left him out to hang.

Go Anthony!!

[msongs]

2. his slogan - "put my weiner in your buns" nt

[Nye Bevan]

3. I imagine Weiner is cock-a-hoop over this news. (nt)

[90-percent]

4. Anthony is a good man and a great progressive public servant

He has my support for this run. He sure as hell isn't going to conduct himself like Rahm after he's elected. Our country needs all the progressive office holders it can get.

-90% Jimmy