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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Bloomy nearly tied with Green Giulianfs support helps him slash double-digit deficit ' z By JOEL SIEGEL “He's doing very well among STRIKING DISTANCE •I DAILY NEWS SENIOR PCLITICAL CORRESPONDENT white Catholic and Jewish vot­ ers. This is where the movement After grabbing Mayor Giuliani’s coattails, Republi­ has been,’’ Miringoff said. GOP mayoral nominee Michael Bloomberg has dramatically slashed^ can billionaire Michael Bloomberg has nearly pulled The poll uncovered evidence ftval Mark Green's lead to 4 percentage points, down from 38 points even with Democratic rival Mark Green in the race that lingering resentment look at polls In June. A ________________ from Marist College and Quinnipiac University: ____________________ _________________ I i L' T

for City Hall, a poll released yesterday found. among Hispanics over Green’s % QUINNIPIAC POLL hard-fought victory over Bronx 65k (GHEEWl d The Marist College survey showed Green

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™Sse Green Among Jewish voters, Green still leads Bloomberg 49% to 40%, but his advantage has shrunk. z- Giuliani’s endorsement has Borough President Fernando Ferrer in _the primary runoff hurting the Democrat. Silver lilting for Green Hispanics, but only by 48% to 35%, a small- 52%

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45% leads 48% to 45 A. Prope“ed ® trading candi- date into the winner’s circle. er advantage than what Demo­ craG typically enjoy. 35% J Q o H H in preXus^polls'and was above the magic 50% mark. But that Giuliani’s popularity is ^ky-high because of his han- The poU has a silver lining for Green the city^ public advo- 26 28% .... w was before Giuliani backed cate. The overwhelming rnajon- 20% co GJ Blooniberg last Saturday, and the billionLe made the mayor’s Center, and Bloomberg has tned to use the ty of undecided voters are Demo- crate, the poll found, and if they 13 w s blessing a cornerstone of his massive TV and radio ad cam- endorsement to paint himself as the candidate most prepared to stick to party loyalty on Tues- day, Green will have the advan- O I JUNE J JULY AUG 1_OCT NOV* paign pick up where Giuliani leaves tage. ♦The Novemter poll numbeis are of likely voteis; the previous poll numbers are of regiEteted voters. NJ O Bloomberg trounces Green Democrats outnumber Repub- O O 71% to 19% among white Catho- “H’s gotten very close in the beans in the city 5 to 1. more firmly committed than was conducted Monday through o I lies, a foundation of Giuliani’s frnal stages of the campaign. Green is comfortably ahead Green’s. The poll found that Wednesday and has a margin of o 75% of Bloomberg’s voters error of plus or minus 5 percent­ political base. And he’s winning and clearly Bloomberg is benefit- among blacks, 74% to 17%. He the Giuliani strongholds of ing from Giuliani Democrats leads in Manhattan (57% to strongly support him, while 62% age points. Queens, 50% to 36%, and Staten crossing over to support him.” 35%). the Bronx (48% to 35%) of Green’s voters are strongly in A Marist poll a month ago co the Democrat’s camp. CaJ Island. 60% to 21%. the poU said Marist College poU director and Brooklyn (52% to 38%). found Green leading Bloomberg to found. Lee Miringoff. The support for Bloomberg-is The survey of 435 likely voters 53% to 31%. GJ GJ

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