Anthony Weiner has gone from rock bottom to the top of the heap — and now leads the Democratic mayoral field, according to a poll released last night.
The disgraced former congressman was selected by 25 percent of those surveyed, vaulting him ahead of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who dropped to 20 percent in the WNBC/Channel 7-Wall Street Journal survey.
Among the major Democratic candidates, former city Comptroller Bill Thompson was at 13 percent, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio held at 10 percent, and current Comptroller John Liu had 8 percent.
According to the poll, New York voters are ready to forgive and forget — or, at least, to cast aside — the sexting antics that led Weiner to resign from Congress in 2011.
For the first time, his approval rating pivoted into positive territory: 52 percent approve of him, while only 35 percent disapprove.
Quinn’s camp brushed off the results.
“We fully expect the polls to fluctuate throughout the campaign, but we are confident that on Election Day, when voters have to decide who they want to lead this city, they will choose someone who has demonstrated the ability to lead and deliver,” said Quinn spokesman Mike Morey.
At her peak in February, Quinn led the Democratic pack at 37 percent in a Marist College poll.
Even Weiner wasn’t too excited by the numbers.
“Look, in many ways it doesn’t change anything,” he said after a mayoral forum in Manhattan.
“We’re going to keep talking about ideas for the middle class and those struggling to make it.
“And it certainly does seem that that conversation about ideas, that people are responding to it.”
One city-based Democratic consultant who isn’t working for any mayoral candidate said the poll is no longer just about name recognition.
“Weiner is now showing that not only is he a name that people recognize, but he’s able to gain steam and move beyond his past scandals,” the consultant said. “And it appears to all be at the expense of Chris Quinn, who is sinking as fast as Weiner’s congressional career collapsed.”
Additional reporting by Yoav Gonen and Beth DeFalco