Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has surged ahead of his opponents in a new NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal poll, transforming himself in just a few weeks from disgraced has-been to mayoral front-runner. … Weiner leads Quinn 25 percent to 20 percent among registered Democrats, the poll by Marist […] Read more »
Early Leader in Polls Usually Wins New York Mayoral Primary
The early Democratic front-runner in recent New York City mayoral races has a near perfect record in going on to win the party’s nomination, according to an analysis of public opinion surveys conducted since 1989. If that pattern holds true in this year’s race, Speaker Christine C. Quinn of the […] Read more »
NYC: Anthony Weiner v Christine Quinn? She might not even make the mayoral runoff
Anthony Weiner has made a splash. Following a week of national headlines declaring that his campaign for New York City mayor had began disastrously, Weiner actually picked up 4pt in support. The latest Marist poll of the race has Christine Quinn as the very weak front-runner at 24%, Weiner at […] Read more »
NYC: With Big Negatives, Weiner At 15% Among Democrats
Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner gets 15 percent of Democratic primary voters in the New York City mayor’s race, but he has a negative favorability, and all voters are evenly divided on whether he should run for mayor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. … City Council Speaker […] Read more »
NYC: Why Weiner’s Mayoral Bid Is a Long Shot
A poll released on Tuesday by Marist College shows former Representative Anthony Weiner running in second place in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York. Mr. Weiner has 15 percent of the vote, behind Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, at 26 percent. Some poll-watchers are citing the […] Read more »
Can Weiner win the Democratic primary for New York mayor?
Anthony Weiner looks primed to shake up a dormant New York City mayoral race with his entry – should he get in the race officially. … Marist has published a survey of the Democratic primary race showing frontrunner Christine Quinn at 26%, Weiner at 15%, John Liu at 12%, Bill […] Read more »