The New York City media jumped ALL over (Horse race!) the two polls from April 24 thru May 2nd that showed Eric Adams jumping into the lead in the Big Apple mayor’s race….
But?
Two polls done during that period and AFTER have Yang still in the lead by double digits….
One Head to head poll has Adams and Yang tied…
Adams IS rising in polling….
Yang and others ARE dropping….
The race IS close ….
Here’s the Wiki piece that seems to have the best extensive polling results I could finds….
image…NY Post
jamesb says
Andrew Yang’s pro-Israel tweet Monday night won him the support of Donald Trump Jr. and Sen. Ted Cruz, and the scorn of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — typically not a great turn for a would-be Democratic candidate for mayor.
But Yang’s pro-Israel stance is well within the mainstream of New York Democratic politics in a city that is home to more Jews than almost any other in the world. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are both ardent supporters of Israel….
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Yang is NOT stupid….
He probably just locked in the Democratic Jewish vote block…EVERY OTHER Dem echoed Yangs comments…The media has taken only Yang to task from the Dem left
jamesb says
Candidates in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary have been piling on frontrunner and local politics neophyte Andrew Yang, often to the exclusion of other contenders. That’s about to change.
The contenders have begun to assail Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams as he gains momentum, with some focusing on his past affiliation with the Republican Party….
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