ivanka trump and donald trump jr. may have become mainstays on the presidential campaign trail, but most new york city voters have no interest in either running for mayor. eight out of 10 city voters said they don<u+2019>t want to see either of the two adult children of republican presidential nominee donald trump run for mayor, according to a wall street journal-nbc 4 new york-marist poll released wednesday. donald trump jr., 38, told cnn in july that he would <u+201c>love to<u+201d> run for mayor and wants to keep his <u+201c>options open,<u+201d> sparking speculation about a potential bid against mayor bill de blasio, a democrat who is seeking re-election in 2017. the poll found 80% of voters in the overwhelmingly democratic city said they didn<u+2019>t want to see donald trump jr. run for the office; 81% said they didn<u+2019>t want to see ivanka trump, 34, enter the race, either. a spokeswoman for mr. trump<u+2019>s campaign didn<u+2019>t return a request for comment. in the five boroughs, about 10% of active voters are registered republicans. before mr. de blasio won election in 2013, the city elected the gop mayoral nominee five times. mr. de blasio<u+2019>s predecessor, michael bloomberg, was a lifelong democrat who changed parties before running for city hall; he is now unaffiliated with any party. asked whether the trump children might have a shot at becoming mayor, ed cox, chairman of the new york state republican party, laughed. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m sure it<u+2019>s nothing they<u+2019>re concerned about right now, nor should they be,<u+201d> he said. nicholas kokkinis, 25, a registered democrat in manhattan, said the trump children represented much of what is wrong with america and would be riding on their father<u+2019>s coattails. <u+201c>i pretty much detest the trump brand name,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m not even sure where to start.<u+201d> joe katz, a 91-year-old republican from queens, said having one of the trump children run the city wasn<u+2019>t a bad idea. <u+201c>i wouldn<u+2019>t be opposed to that,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>anybody but de blasio.<u+201d> eric phillips, a spokesman for the mayor, said the trumps don<u+2019>t stand a chance. city councilman joseph borelli, a staten island republican and frequent surrogate for the gop presidential nominee, said he believed new yorkers misunderstood the trumps, especially ivanka, who he said would be his favored trump to run for mayor. <u+201c>people fail to realize how independently successful she is,<u+201d> mr. borelli said, referring to ms. trump<u+2019>s clothing line. <u+201c>she<u+2019>s a very strong woman in a male-dominated field.<u+201d> write to mara gay at mara.gay@wsj.com
voters don<u+2019>t want trump children to run for new york city mayor - wsj
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