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By a solid 64-to-21 percent, registered New York City voters say they prefer a millionaires’ tax instead of a form of congestion pricing as the best way to raise money for mass transit, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The poll numbers come just days after a panel was convened by the governor to […]
Huge support for potential ConCon issues: Term limits, full-time Legislature, initiative and referendum, women’s reproductive rights and protections regardless of gender identity, sex and ethnicity By a narrow 44-to-39 percent margin, registered voters say they will vote “yes” on November 7 to support a constitutional convention, down from 45-to-33 percent in September. While 44 […]
Two-Thirds of voters: Trump “poor” on race relations; Half give him an “F” for Charlottesville Small plurality of voters says Neo-Nazis and white nationalists should not be given permits to march; Strong majority says Confederate statues and memorials should stay up By two-to-one, voters say country headed in wrong direction; Majority are pessimistic about country’s […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s favorability rating has rebounded after falling to its lowest level this summer. He now has a 56-to-37 percent favorability rating among registered voters, up from 52-to-41 percent in July, according to a Siena College poll released this week. However, the governor’s job performance rating remains at a negative 43-to-55 percent — exactly […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s job approval rating is wilting in the summer heat and now stands at 50-to-42 percent, down from 60-to-34 percent just two months ago, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released Monday. But when asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, voters say they […]
New York voters say they hope their representatives in Washington will keep and improve Obamacare instead of repealing it, according to a Siena College poll released Thursday. By a 65-to-32 percent margin — down only slightly from May — voters prefer to keep and improve the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) rather than repeal and replace […]
On November 7, New York voters will be asked whether the state should organize a convention for the purpose of amending the state Constitution. While only 14 percent of voters statewide have heard either “some” or a “great deal” about the ballot question, 47 percent of voters say they plan to vote for a constitutional […]
A second poll released in the last seven days shows that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s favorability and job performance have slipped in the wake of a major New York City transportation crisis. A Siena poll of 793 New York state registered voters released Tuesday shows that the governor’s favorability rating has dropped to 52 percent compared […]
Ending gerrymandering and guaranteeing abortion rights are two issue voters would want to see addressed if a convention is held Fifty-five percent of New York state voters support a Constitutional Convention to consider changes to the State Constitution compared to 30 percent who do not, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Every party, […]
New Yorker voters not yet ready to back Cuomo’s presidential run, according to Quinnipiac poll Plagued by low grades for his handling of mass transit, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets a 46-to-38 percent overall job approval rating from New York State voters, with a negative 37-to-48 percent approval rating among upstate voters, according to […]