New York City mayoral election, 2017 thread

[The Other Castro]

Endorsement for Clinton from...The New York Post?

Editorial Board: "New York City needs Hillary Clinton to run for mayor"

http://nypost.com/2017/01/06/new-york-city-needs-hillary-clinton-to-run-for-mayor/

[SATW]

Endorsed enthusiastically, if it gets Billy Boy out of there before he can parlay this into a Presidential race and push the Overton Window further.

this pretty much, #neverdeblasio

[Green Line]

Endorsed.

[justfollowingtheelections]

So the NY Post and all the forum Republicans are endorsing her?  That tells you all you need to know about where she stands politically.

[RaphaelDLG]

If she ran and won it would be impressive, moving from carpetbagging statewide to carpetbagging in the city level. Maybe after that she could run for a State Senate seat in Buffalo.

Bahahaha

[Suburbia]

So the NY Post and all the forum Republicans are endorsing her?  That tells you all you need to know about where she stands politically.

Stop it. She is a liberal. You make it sound like she is a hardcore conservative.

[Fusionmunster]

I'd worry about her chances in the primary, but I can't say I wouldn't be excited for a Mayor Clinton.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Hillary Clinton is delusional as ever. Does she actually want to be Mayor? Hell no she doesn't, she wants to be President. This is just a play to try to get to the White House again. The people don't ever understand that her end game is just the Presidency.

No, I understand that just fine. She'll get crushed in the 2020 primary if she tries, but she can be useful in the meantime.

[houseonaboat]

Hillary Clinton is delusional as ever. Does she actually want to be Mayor? Hell no she doesn't, she wants to be President. This is just a play to try to get to the White House again. The people don't ever understand that her end game is just the Presidency.

yes, which is why her people leaked to the New York City beacons of progressive journalism, like Newsmax and the New York Post.

This is a troll job done by tabloids (seriously, people are gonna quote Newsmax like it's a legit thing??) that respectable publications are giving way too much attention to.

[Mr. Smith]

Go DeBlasio!

[Xing]

I will find it hilarious... or should I say "Hillaryous" if Hillary actually runs and wins. I don't see why she'd run, though, unless this is actually the job she wants. It's not like she'd actually get anywhere if she tried to run for president again.

[Figueira]

Maybe Gore, Kerry, Dukakis, Romney, Mondale, and Dole can also run?

[SATW]

So the NY Post and all the forum Republicans are endorsing her?  That tells you all you need to know about where she stands politically.

lol you realize we only want her to win this race because we hate de blasio, right? I dislike Hillary, but she's nowhere near as irritating to me as de blasio.

[justfollowingtheelections]

So the NY Post and all the forum Republicans are endorsing her?  That tells you all you need to know about where she stands politically.

lol you realize we only want her to win this race because we hate de blasio, right? I dislike Hillary, but she's nowhere near as irritating to me as de blasio.

That's my point.

[Suburbia]

GOP mayoral candidate Paul Massey looks like he may have the most money out of the GOP field (next to Catsimidatis if he runs for mayor). That could potentially scare off Eric Ulrich from running for mayor in 2017. However, Ulrich has some of the NY GOP establishment behind him (he has 2013 mayoral nominee Joe Lhota's support). However, Lhota couldn't even inspire Republicans to turn out enough to vote for him.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gop-mayoral-hopeful-paul-massey-raises-1-6m-months-article-1.2945921

http://nypost.com/2017/01/05/paul-masseys-mayoral-bid-backed-by-independence-party/

[The Other Castro]

Quinnipiac NYC poll (1/11-1/17)

Clinton (I) vs. de Blasio (D)

Hillary Clinton (I) - 49%
Bill de Blasio (D) - 30%

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Against other candidates running as Independents, de Blasio (D) leads:

44% - 34% over Quinn (I)
43% - 32% over Stringer (I)
43% - 28% over Diaz (I)
41% - 27% over Jeffries (I)
48% - 23% over Avella (I)

Hypothetical Democratic Primary (40% required to avoid runoff):

Bill de Blasio - 35%
Christine Quinn - 11%
Scott Stringer - 9%
Hakeem Jeffries - 8%
Ruben Diaz Jr. - 5%
Tony Avella - 1%

https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2418

[JMT]

Quinnipiac NYC poll (1/11-1/17)

Clinton (I) vs. de Blasio (D)

Hillary Clinton (I) - 49%
Bill de Blasio (D) - 30%

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Against other candidates running as Independents, de Blasio (D) leads:

44% - 34% over Quinn (I)
43% - 32% over Stringer (I)
43% - 28% over Diaz (I)
41% - 27% over Jeffries (I)
48% - 23% over Avella (I)

Hypothetical Democratic Primary (40% required to avoid runoff):

Bill de Blasio - 35%
Christine Quinn - 11%
Scott Stringer - 9%
Hakeem Jeffries - 8%
Ruben Diaz Jr. - 5%
Tony Avella - 1%

https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2418

They didn't include Hillary in the Dem primary poll? I assume she would run as a Democrat

[LLR]

God help us if Hillary wins. But lol at the idea that she would run.

[Fusionmunster]

HAHAHA!!!!!

Hillary would actually win? She should totally go for it then.  

Quinnipiac NYC poll (1/11-1/17)

Clinton (I) vs. de Blasio (D)

Hillary Clinton (I) - 49%
Bill de Blasio (D) - 30%

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Against other candidates running as Independents, de Blasio (D) leads:

44% - 34% over Quinn (I)
43% - 32% over Stringer (I)
43% - 28% over Diaz (I)
41% - 27% over Jeffries (I)
48% - 23% over Avella (I)

Hypothetical Democratic Primary (40% required to avoid runoff):

Bill de Blasio - 35%
Christine Quinn - 11%
Scott Stringer - 9%
Hakeem Jeffries - 8%
Ruben Diaz Jr. - 5%
Tony Avella - 1%

https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2418

They didn't include Hillary in the Dem primary poll? I assume she would run as a Democrat

I assume that 61% to 29% dem number is probably as close as we're going to get for a match up.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

God, please, you've intervened on our behalf once to stop this villain. Please do not let her destroy my hometown.

[CatoMinor]

Its funny that Republicans hate Hillary enough that they would in theory support De Blasio if she ran against him in a two way race.

[Suburbia]

Its funny that Republicans hate Hillary enough that they would in theory support De Blasio if she ran against him in a two way race.

Hillary lost Staten Island to Trump in the presidential, but she would beat De Blasio on the Island in 2017. De Blasio's management skills probably doesn't fit S.I.

[Suburbia]

Scott Stringer, Hillary Clinton, Christine Quinn, Ruben Diaz, Jr. would beat him outright in Staten Island.
 
Clinton, Stringer, and Quinn would do well with the white Roman Catholic Italian and Irish voters there.

Diaz, Avella and Jeffries would win S.I. as well.

S.I. is seen as "too white and too conservative", but minorities like Jeffries and Diaz, Jr. would do well there. Interesting.

Staten Island is a borough to watch for this year in 2017.

[Suburbia]

Spike Lee should run for Mayor of New York

I like Spike Lee. He'd be good in 2021. He should run for president in my opinion.

[Suburbia]

If De Blasio is indicted or anything, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito may run. She is a left-wing radical, born in Puerto Rico. She supported the FALN Oscar Lopez Rivera. That may be a big issue in the general election, however. Whoever the GOP nominates, Massey or Ulrich, may have to bring that up, but most New Yorkers don't remember the event.

http://nypost.com/2016/12/22/mark-viverito-doesnt-rule-out-running-for-mayor-in-2017/