First Mayoral Poll Has Bill deBlasio with a Big Lead

In the photo is 87th A.D. Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda  put everything on the line to endorse Bill deBlasio for Mayor while the Bronx Democratic County organization backed Bill Thompson for Mayor in the primary.

  In the first poll of the post primary election Democrat Bill deBlasio leads Republican Joe Lhota by 42 points. the numbers are 65% for deBlasio, 22% for Lhota, 3% for Independence Party candidate Adolfo Carrion, and between 9 and 10 % undecided. This was a Wall Street Journal-NBC 4 New York-Marist poll that was released Tuesday. 

  Among voting segments: 

  deBlasio leads among Black voters 86% to Lhota at 3% with 11% undecided. 

  deBlasio leads among Latino voters 74% to Lhota at 11% with 15% undecided.

  deBlasio leads among White voters 50% to Lhota at 37% with 13% undecided. 

  Both men and women have deblasio ahead big with 68% of women and 61% of men for deblasio to 18% of women and 26% of men favoring Lhota. The only sub group that Lhota leads is White Catholics where Lhota has a slim lead of 45% to 40% for deblasio. 

 It looks like New York City will have its first Democratic Mayor in 20 years. 8 years of Rudy Giuliani and then 12 years of Michael Bloomberg, both Republican candidates. The big question is how large will the margin of victory be for Bill deBlasio, but then again this is only the first poll and deBlasio trailed in the first Democratic primary poll.