Mayor trails Ferrer

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Former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer has surged ahead of Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a head-to-head matchup eight months before the mayoral election, according to a poll released Wednesday. Ferrer, a Democrat, leads Bloomberg 47 to 39 percent among voters. The two had been tied at 43 percent in a January poll. Both men face party primaries before the Nov. 8 general election.

Trailing Ferrer among the Democrats are Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields with 14 percent of the vote and Rep. Anthony Weiner and City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, who are tied at 12 percent.

Despite the good news, a Ferrer spokesman took the survey in stride.
"Polls are going to go up and down, but people clearly are getting priced out of their own city and they want some relief and they want a mayor who's going to do something about it," said the spokesman, Chad Clayton. He added: "It doesn't take a poll for you to know that Mayor Bloomberg doesn't get it."
A Bloomberg campaign spokesman had no immediate comment.

The mayor has struggled to convince voters he is in tune with their problems since early in his administration when the city's budget crisis prompted him to raise property and sales taxes and to cut spending on city services.

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[justy387]

1. That's awesome.

Though, I prefer Anthony Weiner.

I'd be fine with Ferrer, much better than Bloomberg. However, Ferrer seems to me too much of a "machine" politician.

[MrOctober]

2. weiner is awesome

didnt like his iraq vote but the man is awesome.