Bill de Blasio is poised to win the race for mayor of New York City by a historically large margin, powered by optimism that he will bring about change and by overwhelming voter disapproval of the Republican Party.Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat who is currently the public advocate, leads his Republican opponent, Joseph J. Lhota, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, by 45 points among likely voters, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll. That lead, which has remained remarkably consistent in multiple polls over the last six weeks, suggests that Mr. de Blasio could win the most sweeping victory in a mayor’s race since 1985, when Edward I. Koch was re-elected to a third term with a crushing 68-point margin of victory over his opponents.Mr. de Blasio’s overwhelming lead in poll after poll has sent students of local politics scrambling for the history books. Although Mr. de Blasio is unlikely to surpass Mr. Koch’s re-election margin, he is flirting with a record win for a non-incumbent; that record is currently held by Abraham D. Beame, who won election in 1973 with a 40-point victory margin, the largest in an open race since five-borough elections began in 1897.
A little more than three months ago, we were still looking at a Weiner/Quinn runoff.
My, how things changed.
The Times article never mentions the Bloomberg administration yet this lead is attributable to the disdain many New Yorkers have towards Mike Bloomberg. Yesterday the Daily News ran a flowery editorial touting the gains made in education by the mayor. Bet your bottom dollar there will be more such editorials and stories honoring the education mayor. The Obama visit to P-Tech made me skeptical that any real change will take place regarding the reform movement and their agenda to destroy public education.
ReplyDeleteThey don't mention Bloomberg at all because they like him and don't want to anger him. He is, after all, in the market for a newspaper..
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