HUGE LEAD: de Blasio leads Lhota by 50 points in mayoral race
Democrat Bill de Blasio has widened his lead to a commanding 50 points over Republican Joe Lhota in the race for New York City mayor, according to a poll released Thursday.
De Blasio, the city’s public advocate, was the choice of 71 percent of likely New York voters, far ahead of the 21 percent who favor Lhota, a deputy under former mayor Rudolph Giuliani, the Quinnipiac University poll found. De Blasio’s margin grew from 66 percent to 25 percent in the last Quinnipiac survey, which was released Sept. 19.
De Blasio said after the poll was released that the lead was “gratifying and humbling.”