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now surpassed one million coronavirus vaccinations, hitting the mark with 1,032,158 doses given out as of Tuesday. That may sound like a lot, but remember that Mayor Bill de Blasio
pledged to do a million vaccinations in the month of January alone, on top of the ones already done in December. Now well into February, it’s fair to say we’re quite a bit behind schedule, as the mayor readily acknowledges.
The former Democratic presidential candidate benefits from high name recognition, with 84 percent of likely voters in the city saying they ve heard of him.
Andrew Yang is leading polls against his Democratic mayoral contenders in both popularity and name recognition, according to a recent poll commissioned by lobbying group Fontas Advisors conducted by Core Decision Analytics.
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Yang, a tech entrepreneur, gained a national profile during his unsuccessful bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, during which he campaigned on the idea of a universal basic income that would involve paying all adult Americans $1,000 per month.
That national profile appears to have given him an early advantage in name recognition in his mayoral campaign.
Eighty-four percent of respondents said that they have heard of Yang, giving him the highest name identification of any candidate in the crowded primary field. Stringer, for instance, finished second on the front, with 66 percent saying they have heard of him.
The issues at the top of New York City primary voters’ minds are the coronavirus pandemic and reopening and reviving the city’s economy, according to the poll.