Sentences with phrase «upstate voters»

Only 29 percent of upstate voters rate the economy as «good» while 40 percent believe it's not so good.

The measure proved controversial for the governor's popularity, especially among upstate voters and Second Amendment supporters.

In 2014, there will be a governor's race, and more upstate voters will be likely to turn out at the polls.

Most upstate voters, 84 percent to 13 percent, believe legal fees should have been included in the list of restricted uses of campaign funds.

Still, upstate voters backed one agreement that was in the broader budget framework: 79 percent supporting stripping corrupt public officials of their pension through a constitutional amendment.

30 % of voters in the city, 21 % of those in the suburbs, and 27 % of upstate voters report the governor is doing well.

Over time, upstate voters appeared to do just that.

37 % of upstate voters agree, a slight increase from the 34 % who approved of the governor's job performance last fall.

Give away programs to donors and pay to play operations have failed upstate voters.

The law's passage led to a drop in his approval rating, especially among upstate voters.

Dadey said Trump's message, including trade protectionism, strikes a chord with upstate voters who have struggled to navigate the economic downtown.

Just 7 % of likely upstate voters say they will cast their ballot for Lazio.

The governor says he hasn't given up on the matter, and believes that with more explaining and education, more conservative upstate voters and their representatives might be more open to the idea.

Sixty - three percent of likely upstate voters say they are against holding a convention.

The email points to Clinton's double - digit leads among upstate voters as well as the suburbs — areas that contain key battleground districts this November.

Last week, Mr. Cuomo suggested that the voter referendum might be delayed until 2014 to capitalize on enthusiasm for casinos from upstate voters and turnout for the governor's race.

The ironic thing about all this is that Flanagan and the Senate always scare upstate voters about NYC's political dominance while those Senators are on the take from NYC interests — taking in large contributions to put the screws to city residents!

[Most upstate voters do not believe the ethics reforms included in the 2015 - 16 state budget agreement go far enough or will help curtail corruption....]

All that's missing is a candidate who can combine a Teachout / Sanders - style good governance platform with a message of economic uplift for upstate voters, a promise of a Democratic majority in the state Senate, and a genuine proposal to get New Yorkers to work on time.

Meanwhile, a majority of upstate voters support the ban, 56 percent to 20 percent, with a similar margin in New York City, the poll found.

Yeah, Phil and his bosses are preparing to run against that old Demon DeBlasio trying to scare upstate voters that any Democrats they elect to the Senate will need to take orders from NYC politicians.

«However, upstate voters moved the most on this question since last month and are now closely divided, while downstate suburbanites are evenly divided.

James would have to court upstate voters for her campaign to be successful.

Most of the support comes from the New York City region, with more upstate voters against the gun control provisions.

Ball can try to give upstate voters confidence the Republicans have their back, but its hard to do when Skelos keeps spitting on the GOP base.

Perhaps it's wooing upstate voters as Mr. Cuomo heads into a probable 2018 re-election contest.

In the suburbs, 52 percent oppose the idea, 1 percent higher than the 51 percent of upstate voters who balk at the renaming.

24 % of upstate voters approve of the job Paterson is doing as governor.

In Donovan's case he seemed to go out of his way to tick off upstate voters by embracing Bloomberg's anti-gun agenda, which was just idiotic.

At the very least, lawmakers and Cuomo seem to be taking their cues from voters on corruption concerns: A combined 90 percent of upstate voters believe corruption is either a «very serious» or «somewhat serious» problem.

Ironic when LI legislators fund their corrupt campaign with dirty money from NYC real estate interests, NYC Cheater school interests, and NYC LLC corporations while at the same time trying to convince upstate voters about the dangers of being dominated by DeBlasio and NYC!

My jaw dropped when I read this week about some 300 upstate voters inadvertently disenfranchised from the federal primary due to a mapping error.

A recent Buffalo News poll showed that 52 percent of upstate voters prefer «someone else» to Cuomo in 2014.

Teachout got votes in the primary from rural, upstate voters too, what I call Farmers Market Democrats.

Two months ago, he was virtually break even: 46 % of upstate voters viewed him favorably, 48 % unfavorably.

Nixon said she has appeal among upstate voters in spite of her celebrity.

And while it has the intuitive partisan divide with Democrats opposing and Republicans supporting, from a regional perspective the results might be a little counterintuitive as New York City and upstate voters narrowly oppose fracking and a plurality of downstate suburbanites support it,» Greenberg said.

Nixon also made her first campaign visit to Syracuse and insisted she is relatable to upstate voters despite her celebrity.

«While Cuomo's favorability rating rebounded with Republicans this month — rising from 48 points underwater in July to now 25 points underwater — his slide with upstate voters continues.»

It didn't help that Koch sneered at the idea of living in Albany, calling it «a city without a good Chinese restaurant,» and instantly made upstate voters suspicious that he didn't understand them and wasn't interested in trying to.

That stands to reason, since the bulk of the primary vote comes from Democrat - dominated NYC, but whoever wins in September is going to have to face off against the Republican AG contender, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who is sure to appeal to the more conservative - leaning upstate voters.

And in a separate TimeWarner / Siena poll upstate voters strongly supported pension forfeiture after felony conviction.

Across New York State, voters said they would support same - sex marriage laws 54 to 39 percent, with both New York City and upstate voters favoring the move.

37 % of upstate voters still report New York's economy is declining, but that's an 18 percentage point drop from Marist's previous survey when 55 % had this view.

«Cuomo has the support of a small plurality of independents against either and strong support from downstate voters, while upstate voters are closely divided between Cuomo and either Republican.

During that same time, Cuomo's job approval went from 52 - 47 to 47 - 53, and the percentage of upstate voters prepared to re-elect him over an anonymous «someone else» went from 57 percent to 47 percent.

State Republican Party chairman Ed Cox slammed the Siena poll as flawed for oversampling New York City voters and under - sampling upstate voters compared to historic Election Day voting patterns, thus inflating Cuomo's popularity.

He says the idea is not popular with the more conservative upstate voters that Cuomo hopes to win over in his reelection bid in 2014.

But Paterson's decision — finally made, according to the Times, at 2 a.m. this morning — was calculated to actually win himself support, from upstate voters and women, who he'll need in order to be reelected in 2010.