Mr. Weiner leads the pack with 26 percent in the first round of the Democratic primary, with 22 percent for Quinn and 20 percent for Thompson. In a Democratic primary runoff, however, Thompson tops Weiner 52 – 41 percent and leads Quinn 51 – 42 percent. A Weiner-Quinn runoff is tied with 46 percent for Quinn and 44 percent for Weiner.

“Let’s focus on the most important race, the Democratic primary runoff. After the new flood of stories about Congressman Anthony Weiner, we must look at the likelihood of a runoff between Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller William Thompson,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

“As of today, these numbers show Thompson ahead in that race,” Carroll added.

In a Quinn-Thompson runoff, he leads 59 – 36 percent among men while women are tied 46 – 46 percent. Thompson leads 68 – 29 percent among black voters and gets 49 percent of white voters to Quinn’s 43 percent.

Mr. Thompson is also viewed as the strongest candidate when it comes to moral character. 63 percent of Democratic voters describe Mr. Thompson as having “a great deal” or “a good amount,” of moral character. Quinn scores 53 percent for moral character, while only Weiner are 17 percent say the same about Anthony Weiner.

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)