Poll shows Hillary crushing Bill de Blasio for NYC mayor

Published January 18, 2017 6:50pm ET



Did Hillary Clinton’s campaign save those fireworks they didn’t set off on election night? There might still be a use for them, according to a new poll just out from Quinnipiac University.

Were she to jump into the New York City mayor’s race as an independent candidate (she’d have to move to New York City by Nov. 7), Hillary Clinton would begin with a 20-point lead in a head-to-head general election against incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio. She clocks in with 49 percent support, including 61 percent of Democrats. (Oddly, New York City Republicans prefer the left-wing de Blasio, 27 to 19 percent.) She leads him with every age group and in every borough except Staten Island, where more than 41 percent either refused to say or said they wouldn’t vote.

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