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Voters Tell Rudy Giuliani, Al Sharpton to Take a Hike in New Poll

By DNAinfo Staff on October 29, 2010 8:08am

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a news conference in New York in 2009.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a news conference in New York in 2009.
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By Jill Colvin

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Who's more annoying than Donald Trump?

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the Rev. Al Sharpton, it seems.

The two diametrically opposed New York City public figures, who clashed repeatedly during Guiliani's stint as mayor and share at least their failed presidential bids in common, are the people that New York voters would most like to see leave the limelight, according to a new poll commissioned by the Wall Street Journal.

The two topped a colorful list of rabble-rousers, including shock-jock Howard Stern, former-disgraced-governor-turned-CNN-host Eliot Spitzer, Kathie Lee Gifford, Rep. Charlie Rangel, and the real estate mogul.

But the story's not all bad for Giuliani.

When asked to name the most
When asked to name the most "quintessential New Yorker," most participants in a poll commissioned by the Wall Street Journal picked former mayor Ed Koch.
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Associated Press/Seth Wenig

When asked to name the most "quintessential New Yorker," the former mayor came in second, surpassed only by Ed Koch.

The poll also asked which New York pol voters would prefer to see in the Oval Office: Giuliani, former Sen. Hillary Clinton, or Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Nearly 60 percent chose Clinton, with the two mayors splitting the rest.

Nearly 60 percent of polled voters also said that the Yankees "best embody the qualities and spirit of New York" — far outpacing the Mets, Giants, Rangers, Jets, Nets and Knicks.