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Progressive agenda gets strong support from voters; pay raises for lawmakers and other officials is unpopular across all demographics As he lays out his legislative program and budget for the coming year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a 51-to-43 percent favorability rating among registered voters, up from a negative 45-49 percent favorability rating in November, according […]

A four-member committee has recommended substantial pay raises for members of the state Legislature, the governor, lieutenant governor, state comptroller and state attorney general. The New York State Compensation Committee — consisting of current and former New York state and New York City comptrollers — unveiled their recommendations Monday, December 10,  after months of research […]

New Yorkers don’t know enough about governor’s challengers to form an opinion Voters tell pollsters two-to-one that they want a governor with experience New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would trounce his Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon by 59-to-23 percent if the election were held today, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. Cuomo currently enjoys […]

A majority of the American public believe that the U.S. government engages in widespread monitoring of its own citizens and worry that the government could be invading their own privacy, according to a Monmouth University poll released this week. The poll of 803 adults also finds a large bipartisan majority who feel that national policy […]

Five years later, Siena Poll shows strong support for NY SAFE Act As Congress and state legislatures nationwide consider a new round of gun control laws following the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a new poll of New York voters shows strong support for laws that would ban bump stocks, take guns away […]

After a bounce in January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s favorability, job performance and re-elect ratings all fell by double digits this month, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters. Cuomo’s favorability rating is now 53-to-40 percent, down from 62-to-30 percent last month, and his job performance rating is negative 45-to-53 […]

Thanks to a boost from the U.S. economy and his State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump gets his best overall approval rating in seven months, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today. His approval numbers are still in negative territory — 40 percent of voters approve of the job he is […]

  The Republican tax plan pending in the U.S. Congress benefits the wealthy the most, say 64 percent of American voters, while only 24 percent say the tax plan benefits the middle class. Just 5 percent of Americans say it benefits low-income people, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released Tuesday. Fifty-three percent of […]

Voter turnout on Tuesday hovered around 30 percent for major races across the state. Looking at the voter participation rate on ballot Proposal One — by far the most publicized and debated statewide issue before voters on November 7 — only 3,567,681 out of 11,546,694 “active” voters cast a vote on whether or not to […]

Sixty percent of New York voters support the First Amendment rights of athletes to kneel during the national anthem, compared to 38 percent who say it’s disrespectful and athletes should protest on their own time, according to a Siena Poll released this week. There is a sharp divide on this issue depending on one’s political […]