A new poll shows that Comptroller Bill Thompson’s quest to unseat Mayor Bloomberg is losing steam among city voters — with the mayor doubling his lead compared to last month.
A Marist College poll released today finds that Thompson is a whopping 16 points behind the billionaire mayor — 52 percent to 36 — among likely voters polled earlier this week.
The last Marist poll released Sept. 21 had Thompson behind by nine points. A Quinnipiac poll on Sept. 24 had him trailing by 16.
Thompson has failed to close the gap despite a tepid endorsement recently from President Obama and more TV ads attacking the mayor’s eight-year record.
The margin of error is 3.5 plus or minus percentage points.
Support among likely Democratic voters has shifted in Bloomberg’s favor, the poll has found.
Nearly half of Democrats — 47 percent — are planning to cast their vote for the mayor while 39 percent plan to vote for Thompson. Last month, in a Marist survey conducted during the week of the Democratic primary, 51 percent supported Thompson and only 43 percent Bloomberg.
Among Republicans, 82 percent of likely GOP voters now support Bloomberg, an indepedent running on the Republican line this fall, while only 14 percent are behind Thompson. This is relatively unchanged since last month’s poll.
There also appears to be a race gap emerging, according to the poll.
Bloomberg has the support of nearly seven in ten white likely voters compared with only 27 percent for Thompson.
Among African-American voters, 62 percent say they plan to vote for Thompson, while 22 percent back the mayor. When it comes to Latino likely voters, the mayor receives support from 42 percent of them. while Thompson gets 35 percent.