That is pretty amazing. Bloomberg hasn't even started campaigning. Biographically, he kicks Hillary's and Trump's collective butts. But ideologically, he's neither fish nor fowl. He's a fiscal conservative, a law-and-order pol, liberal on social issues but probably a bit too paternalistic for both right and left. Still nobody can accuse Bloomberg of being sleazy, an adjective that applies to both Trump and Clinton. It would be an election between two sleazoids and an NYC mayor whose major failing is being a control freak (2nd Amendment and 16 oz fast food sodas).
He would probably capture the fiscally conservative and socially liberal Republicans and Democrats repelled by Trump's anti-immigrant and protectionistic manifesto. He might even get socially- and economically-conservative Republicans who don't like the fact that Trump operated casinos and a diploma mill and is a notorious philanderer who's gone through two divorces and has boasted of committing adultery with multiple women. He'd also get a substantial chunk of the Asian vote and the black and Hispanic vote that believes in free enterprise but don't like either Trump or Hillary.
Bloomberg narrowly won his 3rd NYC mayoral term, but he did so in a city that is 50% black and Hispanic, which is to say he probably got most of the white and Asian vote.
Bloomberg did better among Asian-American voters than he did in the city as a whole, with 62 percent of Asian Americans supporting Bloomberg, AALDEF said.
Bloomberg floored the gas pedal on campaign expenditures throughout, never letting up in spite of polls showing the election to be a blowout in his favor:
More than three months ago, Bruce N. Gyory was telling anyone who would listen, including advisers to both mayoral campaigns, that while Michael R. Bloomberg was favored to win, his margin would not be more than five to seven percentage points. Mr. Gyory, a lobbyist, political consultant and aide to three New York governors, was convinced that the race would not be the blowout predicted by numerous polls, precisely because of what the polls themselves consistently revealed: The percentage of New Yorkers who said they would vote for Mr. Bloomberg barely climbed above 50. Apparently, the only people who listened worked for Mr. Bloomberg. One after another, independent public opinion polls suggested that the mayor enjoyed a 16 to 18 point lead (a survey released the day before the Nov. 3 election said his lead was 12 percentage points) and was virtually invincible. That the Bloomberg campaign was not heeding those polls was evident in its lavish spending on advertising and its relentless criticism of the Democratic challenger, William C. Thompson Jr., the city’s comptroller.
Bloomberg may lack charisma, but he's a fairly canny political operator, and obviously no dummy business-wise, given his $38.6b self-made fortune and #8 ranking in the Forbes 400 (vs Trump's $4.5b and #121 ranking).
He is a control freak for sure. Perfectly sums him up. I will say however being mayor of a megalopolis like NYC or LA is probably great training to deal with the administrative side of being President. As much as any possible spot including governor. I despise him for his pettiness.