Lhota unfazed by eye-opening poll numbers
GOP candidate 43 points behind de Blasio
He’s 43 points behind his rival in the latest poll, but Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota isn’t worried, according to his campaign spokeswoman.
Jessica Proud said Lhota is shrugging off the results of the NBC-Wall Street Journal-Marist poll, which has him trailing Democrat Bill de Blasio by a wide margin. The poll, released on Sept. 17, had de Blasio with 65 percent of the vote to Lhota’s 22 percent.
“We always knew we’d be the underdog in this race and once New Yorkers learn more about Bill’s radical policies, they will be looking for a practical alternative,” Proud said in a statement. “Joe’s experienced leadership and solutions to expand the middle class will resonate with everyday New Yorkers in all five boroughs,” she boldly predicted.
A key Lhota supporter in Brooklyn said he wasn’t surprised by the poll results. “It’s an early poll. I’m not trying to make excuses, but the Democratic Primary took up most of the attention and right now, de Blasio is better known,” the Lhota supporter, who is a political party official, told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.