Pacific Gyre,Pacific Garbage Patch
November 4, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Pacific Gyre,Pacific Garbage Patch: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg won re-election yesterday in a tighter race than public opinion polls had projected, becoming the first three-term chief executive of the largest U.S. city by population since 1989. Bloomberg, running on the Republican and Independence Party lines, beat Democratic city Comptroller William Thompson, 51 percent to 46 percent, with all of the city’s 6,110 election districts counted, according to unofficial results tabulated by the Associated Press.
Pacific Gyre,Pacific Garbage Patch:New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg won re-election yesterday in a tighter race than public opinion polls had projected, becoming the first three-term chief executive of the largest U.S. city by population since 1989.
Bloomberg, running on the Republican and Independence Party lines, beat Democratic city Comptroller William Thompson, 51 percent to 46 percent, with all of the city’s 6,110 election districts counted, according to unofficial results tabulated by the Associated Press. Polls in the campaign’s final week found Bloomberg ahead by at least 10 percentage points.
Bloomberg’s victory gave him another four years to begin balancing a city budget with a projected $5 billion deficit in the fiscal year beginning July 1, while making good on promises to improve schools and municipal services. New York’s unemployment rate rose to 10.3 percent in September from 6 percent a year earlier.
“While we can’t fix the national recession, we can and we will get our city through these tough times and we’ll come out stronger than ever,” Bloomberg said. “We’re going to show we can keep outperforming the rest of the country.”
Thompson conceded shortly after 11 p.m., thanking his campaign staff and volunteers and offering Bloomberg his congratulations.
“Your support, your enthusiasm and desire for change is what carried me to this point,” he told the crowd. “This campaign was about standing strong, standing tall, and never backing down in the face of a formidable challenge.”
Prior Polls
Bloomberg’s 4.6 point victory margin was inconsistent with public opinion polls released in the closing week of the campaign. His lead was 12 percentage points in a Nov. 2 Quinnipiac University survey and 15 points in an Oct. 30 Marist College poll.