{"id":569270,"date":"2021-06-21T12:06:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569270"},"modified":"2021-06-21T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:06:36","slug":"adams-remains-frontrunner-in-wide-open-race-to-be-nycs-next-mayor-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adams-remains-frontrunner-in-wide-open-race-to-be-nycs-next-mayor-poll-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams Remains Frontrunner In Wide-Open Race To Be NYC\u2019s Next Mayor, Poll Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fadams-remains-frontrunner-in-wide-open-race-to-be-nycs-next-mayor-poll-shows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Brooklyn Borough President and former police officer Eric Adams remains the frontrunner among eight Democrats seeking to be New York City\u2019s next mayor, a Monday poll showed.<\/p>\n<p>Adams was the top choice for 28% of New Yorkers, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/news-polls\/Adams-leads-but-ranked-choice-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ipsos poll<\/a> showed, while former presidential candidate Andrew Yang came in second with 20% and NYC sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia stood in third with 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s election will be the first in the state to use ranked-choice voting, meaning the outcome is far from certain. Though Adams leads, his support stands well below the 50% needed for him to win outright, and any early lead could evaporate if voters who do not support him rank him toward the bottom of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Polls have shown <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/bill-de-blasio-andrew-yang-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all three<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/16\/andrew-yang-commanding-lead-nyc-mayoral-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">candidates leading<\/a> at different points in the race, and Yang and Garcia have even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossBarkan\/status\/1406274626150350850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaigned together<\/a> in recent days in a joint attempt to blunt Adams\u2019 momentum.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7219125\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7219125\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7219125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7219125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia campaign in NYC\u2019s Chinatown on Sunday. (Kena Betancur\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ipsos\u2019 poll attempted to account for the ranked choice voting system\u2019s possible outcomes, projecting results that could go to a seventh round of tallying. In that hypothetical scenario, Adams and Yang are the top two finishers, with Adams winning the nomination with 56% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Adams, a former New York City Police Department officer, has campaigned on lowering the city\u2019s rising crime rate and improving public safety. Though the poll did not give specific numbers as to what issues were most on voter\u2019s minds, it noted that crime and public safety is \u201cincreasingly seen as the number one issue.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/nyc-mayor-candidate-says-ill-carry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Eric Adams: \u2018I\u2019ll Carry\u2019 If Elected Mayor)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The poll added that while Adams polls relatively even with the other candidates on most issues, he \u201chas a clear lead over the rest of the candidates on the issue of crime and public safety,\u201d and said that the lead could translate to an advantage come Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ipsos\u2019 survey was conducted from June 10-17 among 2,924 New York City adults across its five boroughs. It has a margin of error of 2.8 points.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn Borough President and former police officer Eric Adams remains the frontrunner among eight Democrats seeking to be New York City\u2019s next mayor, a Monday poll showed.Adams was the top &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280844,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Adams Remains Frontrunner In Wide-Open Race To Be NYC\u2019s Next Mayor, Poll Shows","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233565148-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Adams Remains Frontrunner In Wide-Open Race To Be NYC\u2019s Next Mayor, Poll Shows","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}