Poll: Bloomberg extends lead in NYC race
By SARA KUGLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg, elected in 2001 to succeed Rudolph Giuliani as fires still raged in the World Trade Center ruins, has taken a commanding lead over his Democratic challenger, at least in part because of his handling last week of an alleged terrorist plot to bomb the subways.
Two new polls indicate the mayor's response to the terror threat helped him nearly double his lead over Fernando Ferrer. And an overwhelming majority of voters said they believe Bloomberg is stronger on security than his opponent.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday showed Bloomberg with a 28-point lead over Ferrer, 60 percent to 32 percent, among likely voters. The survey was being conducted last week when the mayor appeared with the police commissioner and FBI officials to announce the potential al-Qaida attack and a tightening of subway security.
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