We are now less than two weeks out from the municipal general election in the city of Boston. And the polls— including one commissioned by the Reporter, WBUR, and The Boston Foundation— clearly suggest that the contest for mayor isn’t really much of a contest. In that survey, conducted by The MassInc Polling Group, Michelle Wu has what seems to be a monumental lead over Annissa Essaibi George. A fresh poll for the Boston Globe and Suffolk University published on Tuesday echoed those results, with Wu seen leading by more than 30 points over Essaibi George.

It’s a margin big enough to make lesser people take a knee. But, to her credit, Essaibi George showed mettle during the two televised debates with Wu held in the last week. Both nights, she was the better candidate: poised, direct, and in full command of facts and stats. Essaibi George showed why she earned a spot in the mayoral final. In the end, she may not be the victor, but she is acquitting herself well. Those not in her camp, including many who count her out entirely, would do well to keep their champagne orders on pause.

Some other take-aways from what has been a hyper-busy news cycle locally:

• The proposal by some state senators to excise three Ward 16 precincts from Dorchester and ship them over the river to our friends in Milton and points south prompted outrage from some quarters, particularly in the impacted Neponset precincts— 16-12,10, and 9. Others, pointing to those precincts’ well-documented penchant for leaning red on election day, were tempted to say “good riddance.” That’s a bad take.

Since annexation in 1870, Dorchester has never been fully united, politically or otherwise. But it should be our goal to keep this neighborhood’s precincts aligned in the city of Boston, not within a suburban district. We need to be rowing together on a host of issues, even if our precincts don’t always vote in concert on election day. It’s for the best that lawmakers moved quickly this week to keep us in the same boat.

• Some other nuggets of intelligence from last week’s survey from the excellent researchers at MassInc Polling Group: When it comes to public opinion on law enforcement in Boston, it’s complicated. Fifty-five percent of people polled said that they view Boston Police favorably and a roughly equal amount are in favor of hiring more police officers, with just over a third— 37 percent— in favor of reducing funding for policing.

There is some degree of racial division on the issue of police reform. Sixty-one percent of non-white respondents said reforming the BPD should be a “major priority” for the next mayor. But about half of the total group polled, including white people, agreed with that sentiment. That’s not wildly off base.

A solid majority— 56 percent — told pollsters that it makes sense to “redirect” some 911 calls to other agencies. An equal number, however, agree that the city needs more officers on the streets. Mixed messaging? Not really. The next mayor will need to both reform the BPD, but also hire more cops and train them well. It’s a tall order, but this poll indicates what many of us see and feel around us: Police officers aren’t the enemy. Far from it.

It might help matters, though, if police unions— most notably the patrolman’s, the BPPA— take more care and accountability for whom they back politically. Last week, we reported that the BPPA endorsed the failed candidacy of at-large council candidate Donnie Palmer, whose vicious slurs against Asians, most notably Michelle Wu— should have been no secret to anyone with access to a smartphone. By aligning itself with a radical, conspiracy theory Trumpist, the BPPA undermines its own credibility and tarnishes the reputations of other endorsed candidates.