New poll has Bill de Blasio with huge lead over Joe Lhota in mayoral race

Democrat Bill de Blasio has maintained a 3-to-1 lead over Republican Joe Lhota in yet another poll on the mayor’s race.

With 3 1/2 weeks until Election Day, 67% of likely voters favor de Blasio versus 23% for Lhota — a 44 percentage-point lead, according to the Wall Street Journal-NBC 4 New York-Marist poll released Thursday.

Independence Party candidate Adolfo Carrión had 2%, other candidates 1%, and 7% said they were undecided.