John Liu is edging out David Yassky in the Democratic runoff next week and the public advocate race is a dead heat, according to a Quinnipiac Poll released today.
Liu beats Yassky by six points – 49 to 43 – with 9 percent undecided, according to the survey, which questioned 358 likely Democratic primary voters with a margin of error of 5.2 points.
Public advocate candidates Bill de Blasio and Mark Green are tied at 46 percent with 7 percent undecided.
Turnout is expected to be very low for the election on Tuesday – only 10 percent of Democrats went to the polls for the primary last week.
“Anything can happen in a tiny turnout,” Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Director Maurice Carroll said. “One energized neighborhood, one pitch that appeals to a given group – ethnic, ideological, you name it – can make the difference.”