Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis and first-term Democratic Rep. Max Rose are in a virtual dead heat among likely voters in a poll of the 11th …
Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis and first-term Democratic Rep. Max Rose are in a virtual dead heat among likely voters in a poll of the 11th congressional district encompassing Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. The NBC4 New York/Marist survey released Monday finds Rose just behind his challenger. Malliotakis garners 48 percent of likely voters to 46 percent for Rose but that is well within the poll’s 4.7 percent margin of error. Among all registered voters, Rose leads Malliotakis by one point — a virtual dead heat. In another finding that could impact the race, the poll found President Trump leading former Vice President Joe Biden by 7 points in the 11th CD. That’s potentially good news for Malliotakis, who is running under Trump on the ballot. Trump carried the district by 10 points over Hillary Clinton in 2016. Rose voted in the House to impeach Trump. “This is one of the few congressional cliffhangers around the nation,” said Lee M. Miringoff, director of The Marist Poll. “Two factors may decide who wins: how Trump and Biden do in the district at the top of the ticket and whether or not turnout is off the charts.
