Today the NYC Democrats will decide who they want to represent them in the races for mayor and comptroller -- and two final polls have come out on those races. The Quinnipiac University Poll was done between September 6th and 8th of 782 likely Democratic voters, and has a margin of error of 3.5 points. The Public Policy Polling survey was done on September 7th and 8th of 683 likely Democratic voters, with a margin of error of 3.8 points.Both polls show that Bill de Blasio has a commanding lead in the mayor's race. The only question at this point is whether he will get 40% of the vote and avoid a run-off, or whether he will have to face Thompson or Quinn in a run-off election. Either way de Blasio looks like he will be the Democratic candidate for mayor (since he is far ahead of both his nearest competitors in proposed head-to-head match ups).
But the comptroller's race is a horse of a different color. This is still close, and either Spitzer or Stringer could win it. In fact, the two polls disagree on who is ahead. The Quinnipiac poll has Stringer ahead by 7 points, while the PPP poll has Spitzer ahead by 4 points. I guess the undecideds will decide this race when they finally make up their minds.
