Democrat Bill DeBlasio has kept up an enormous lead in the New York City mayoral race, set to end in about a week. On Monday, a New York Times/Siena College poll was released, revealing that 68% of likely voters will support DeBlasio, and 23% will vote for Republican candidate Joe Lhota. At the beginning of October, DeBlasio held a 49-point lead, making the now 45-point lead a slight drop.
“Approaching the homestretch of the campaign to choose New York’s first new mayor in 12 years, Bill de Blasio is poised to win a lopsided victory over Joe Lhota,” said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg. “Over the last few weeks, Lhota has picked up a few undecided voters, however, he has failed in cutting into the more than two-thirds of likely voters who continue to support de Blasio.”
However, if DeBlasio maintains this lead, he will win with the largest lead of any non-incumbent in the history of New York. “De Blasio is supported by three-quarters of Manhattan and Bronx voters, and two-thirds of Brooklyn and Queens voters,” Greenberg said. ” He leads Lhota 55%-38% among white voters, and de Blasio is backed by 90% of black and 76% percent of Latino voters. While Lhota has the support of three-quarters of Republicans, de Blasio does even better among Democrats, and has a two-to-one lead among independents, in a city with six times as many Democrats as Republicans.”
A final debate will take place on Wednesday, October 30. However, DeBlasio is expected to emerge the victor.
