MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell looks at some impressive poll numbers for Boston’s mayor and why her declared challenger “might discover the hard way that the voters of Boston are the real Boston patriots.

A new poll of likely voters suggests that Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will smoke her principal challenger Josh Kraft in this fall’s election.

The poll of 500 Boston voters likely to participate in the Sept. 9 preliminary election showed a wide gulf between Wu and Kraft, who drew 30 percent support to her 60 percent.