Despite recent turmoil in Albany and feuds with Mayor de Blasio, Cuomo's approval rating among New York
City voters stands at 54 percent, a NY1 / Baruch College poll found.
This month, Cuomo's approval rating among New York
City voters stands at 53 percent to 27 percent, while suburban voters are more mixed, 47 percent to 37 percent.
Not exact matches
Support cuts across ideological lines and geographic regions, with 64 percent of liberal, 57 percent of moderate, and 52 percent of conservative
voters, as well as 60 percent of New York
City dwellers and 55 percent of both Upstate and suburban residents
standing behind reform.
According to the new survey, New York
City Public Advocate Bill de Balsio's at 12 % and former
City Comptroller Bill Thompson
stands at 11 %, with everyone else in single digits and nearly a quarter of Democratic
voters undecided.
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE
Standing before a cheering crowd, Democrat Bill de Blasio sounded the themes of progressive values that won him the earlier Democratic primary and that clearly appealed to a wide swath of New York
City voters in the general election.
According to the survey, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio
stands at 10 % with
city Comptroller John Liu at 7 %, and nearly three in ten Democratic
voters unsure.
There's a genuine difference of opinion between the Cuomo and de Blasio administration on charters, but the move also
stands to benefit Cuomo politically: Along with his opposition to the pre-K tax hike, it cements the governor's position as a moderate bulwark against the more liberal de Blasio on education, appealing to
voters outside the
city and preemptively shutting down a potential area of attack by his Republican challenger as he runs for re-election.
On the
stand, the mayor — who narrowly won the 2009 race against then -
city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who is black — said he believed the ballot security effort was meant to ensure that
voters didn't encounter problems at the polls, and paying for it through the party was simply standard procedure.
At a lower turnout, among very likely Democratic primary
voters in New York
City, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted absentee, if the Democratic primary were held today, here is how the contest would
stand:
Among likely Democratic
voters in New York
City, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted absentee, if the Democratic primary were held today, here is how the contest would
stand:
Among registered Democratic
voters in New York
City including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate, if the Democratic primary were held today, here is how the contest would
stand:
According to this Wall Street Journal / NBC 4 NY / Marist Poll, President Obama has improved his
standing among African Americans and New York
City voters.
Today, we join the Up to Us campaign to encourage all women
voters in New York
City to
stand up and make their voices heard.
City voters also stand strong in their opposition to Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to reinstate the city's sales tax on cloth
City voters also
stand strong in their opposition to Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to reinstate the
city's sales tax on cloth
city's sales tax on clothing.