A new Quinnipiac poll in New York City finds “yawning racial gaps on many issues” as Bill de Blasio (D) leads Joe Lhota (R) on every measure except taxes and has a commanding 66% to 25% lead among likely voters.
Said pollster Maurice Carroll: “The same kind of coalition that won de Blasio the Democratic primary is working for him in the general election campaign. He’s OK among white voters and gang-busters among black and Hispanic voters.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.