Michael Bloomberg leads with a large margin in the New York City mayoral race, a survey found on Monday.
With eight days left until the election, the Quinnipiac University survey showed the incumbent 18 points ahead of City Comptroller William Thompson Jr., the AP reported.
"It's been shaping up all along, and now the new numbers say it looks like a Bloomberg blow-out," Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, told Bloomberg, media outlet owned by the New York Mayor.
Bloomberg leads Thompson 53 to 35 percent, with 10 percent undecided, WCAX reported. Quinnipiac surveyed 1,088 likely voters from Friday to Sunday. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Bloomberg broke his own expense record last week, spending so far more than $85 million of his own money, the AP reported. Thompson raised money and has spent about $6 million.
Bloomberg is running for a third term as an independent, while Thompson is running as the Democratic Party candidate. The election is due to take place on November 3.
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