By Heather Grossmann
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — All eyes may be on the Yankees, but mayoral candidates Comptroller William Thompson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg are hoping that at least a few New Yorkers will remember to hit the polls on Tuesday.
Amid predictions of record low voter turnout, the two mayoral candidates crisscrossed the city this weekend urging voters to the polls.
At dawn on Election Day Bloomberg was still at it, at least on Twitter.
"Good morning #NYC. On my way to vote!" the mayor's campaign tweeted at 7:08. Then, roughly 20 minutes later, came: "I just voted! Make sure you get out and vote today. Lots at stake for #NYC."
The campaign said he would be chirping through Twitter throughout the day.
Despite Bloomberg's massive spending — $83.4 million to Thompson's $6.6 million — the mayor's lead in the polls is narrowing. A Quinnipiac Poll released Monday morning revealed that Bloomberg is only 12 points ahead of the comptroller, 50 to 38 percent, in contrast to the 18-point lead he had in an Oct. 26 poll.
Bloomberg's campaign has been busy knocking on doors, making phone calls and directing mobile billboards around the city. Thompson’s schedule was packed with rallies, rides and walks across the five boroughs.
With a largely uninterested electorate and 10 percent of voters undecided, it is unlikely, but possible, for Thompson to eke out a win.
The results of Tuesday’s election will be largely dependent on each candidate's get-out-the-vote operations. The Bloomberg campaign has mobilized 5,000 workers for Election Day; the Thompson campaign has 2,500, according to the New York Times. Both campaigns will be driving voters to the polls and phone banking all day.
The issue of term limits continues to dog Bloomberg, and Thompson capitalized on the weakness this weekend, saying, “We have three days before tell the incumbent you can’t change the rules to suit yourself,” at a campaign stop this weekend, the Times reported.
Bloomberg continues to attack Thompson's education record and calls Thompson “politics as usual,” painting himself as the reform candidate.
Thompson is running on both the Democratic Party and the Working Families Party lines, while Bloomberg’s name will appear on both the Republican and Independence party lines. The mayor also created a new party, the “Jobs and Education Party,” which will run beneath the Independence Party line.
The mayor started the morning greeting voters at the State Island Ferry terminal. Thompson will spend some time stumping in Chinatown later Monday afternoon.
