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With a 65 percent approval rating, higher than Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn goes into the 2013 New York City mayoral election year with a commanding 32 percent of the Democratic Primary vote, more than the combined take of the other four known candidates, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Should Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair & CEO Joseph Lhota run for mayor as a Republican, he loses to an unnamed Democratic candidate 60 - 9 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. If former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion runs on the Republican line, he also loses 62 - 11 percent. Chasing Speaker Quinn in a Democratic primary are: *\tFormer City Comptroller William Thompson with 10 percent; *\tPublic Advocate Bill de Blasio with 9 percent; *\tCity Comptroller John Liu with 5 percent; *\tManhattan Borough President Scott Stringer with 4 percent. The survey was conducted before Stringer dropped out of the mayoral race. \"Okay, the race for the White House is over and it's time to look at the New York City mayoral race, where the possibly decisive Democratic primary could be as early as June. The morning line? City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leaves the other Democratic contenders in the dust,\" said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. \"Politics buffs are talking about MTA Chair Joseph Lhota and former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion as possible Republican contenders for the West Wing at City Hall, but the public hasn't caught up with the pundits. Lhota and Carrion lose big to a generic Democrat.\" New York City voters say 48 - 39 percent that Mayor Michael Bloomberg should not use his personal wealth to support one of the candidates for mayor. Even Republicans say 51 - 39 percent that Bloomberg should keep his money out of the race. \"Should Mayor Michael Bloomberg spend some of his zillions to try to elect the next mayor? More New Yorkers say no,\" Carroll said. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly continues to have the highest approval rating of any city- wide official, 68 - 23 percent. His approval is 79 - 15 percent among white voters, 56 - 36 percent among black voters and 67 - 25 percent among Hispanic voters. Approval ratings for other officials are: *\t65 - 18 percent for Quinn; *\t49 - 14 percent for de Blasio; *\t48 - 22 percent for Liu; *\t42 - 33 percent for Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott; *\tNegative 38 - 45 percent for Lhota. New York City voters approve 62 - 31 percent of the way New York City police are doing their job, but disapprove 53 - 42 percent of the Police Department's stop-and-frisk tactic. White voters approve of stop-and-frisk 55 - 39 percent, but disapproval is 70 - 28 percent among black voters and 64 - 33 percent among Hispanic voters. Reducing stop-and-frisk will not lead to an increase in gun violence, voters say 52 - 37 percent. White voters are divided, as 47 percent say less stop-and-frisk would mean more crime and 43 percent say it won't. Black voters say 61 - 27 percent and Hispanic voters say 59 - 32 percent that crime would not increase. \"Stop-and-frisk continues to divide the city. White voters like it; black voters don't. But everyone likes their cops, especially Top Cop Ray Kelly,\" Carroll said. From November 14 - 18, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,165 New York City voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia and the nation as a public service and for research. For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or follow us on Twitter."}
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Quinn Has Big Early Lead In New York City Mayoral Race,
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