Quinn Leads Democratic Candidates for Mayor, Poll Finds

[brooklynite]

Source: NY Times

Christine C. Quinn is leading the crowded field in the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor, lifted by support among Manhattanites and higher-income voters, the latest New York Times/Siena College poll finds.

But just over a month before the Sept. 10 primary, Ms. Quinn is still well below the level needed to avoid a runoff, and many voters remain undecided.

Ms. Quinn, the City Council speaker, is backed by 25 percent of Democratic voters, followed by 16 percent for William C. Thompson Jr., a former city comptroller, and 14 percent for Bill de Blasio, the public advocate.

Anthony D. Weiner garners the support of 10 percent of Democratic voters, confirming his slippage in the race that other surveys have also recorded since revelations that he continued to have sexually explicit exchanges with women online after he resigned from Congress two years ago. The remaining candidates in the poll each drew less than 5 percent; 26 percent of the Democratic voters surveyed were undecided.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/nyregion/quinn-leads-democratic-candidates-for-mayor-poll-finds.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&

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Meanwhile, Elliot Spitzer has a clear lead (enough to avoid a runoff) over Scott Stringer for City Comptroller.

[Dawson Leery]

1. A prefer De Blasio. Still, any of the Democrats running

will be better than the Rethugs running.