Last week, the Illinois political newsletter Capitol Fax commissioned a poll of Chicago voters that showed that fully 66 percent of parents with children in the city's public schools supported the strike, as did 56 percent of
voters citywide.
This is the first time since September 2011 that the proportion of
voters citywide who think the city is on the right course has fallen below 50 %.
51 % of registered
voters citywide say the Big Apple is moving in the right direction.
Currently, 47 % of
voters citywide think favorably of Comptroller Thompson.
Nearly half of Democratic
voters citywide — 47 % — report an endorsement by Bloomberg would make them less likely to vote for a candidate.
When matched against businessman John Catsimatidis, registered
voters citywide support de Blasio, 66 %, over Catsimatidis, 20 %.
47 % of registered
voters citywide think the Big Apple is moving in the right direction.
Looking ahead to the general election, Christine Quinn gets the nod from a majority of
voters citywide against Republican Joe Lhota.
Independence candidate Adolfo Carrion has 4 % while 1 % of likely
voters citywide wants another candidate to be elected.
According to this NY1 - Marist Poll, 18 % of Democratic
voters citywide say, if the primary were held today, they would support Congressman Anthony Weiner.
56 % of
voters citywide report de Blasio is doing either a fair, 34 %, or poor job, 22 %, in office.
On each of these questions, more
voters citywide maintain these opinions than previously.
Not exact matches
That changed when, in 2010, the District of Columbia announced its intention to launch a
citywide Internet voting platform, intended for overseas
voters and a milestone for the concept.
Democrats outnumber GOP
voters nearly 7 - to - 1 in Manhattan and 6 - to - 1
citywide.
It is one of a handful of districts
citywide where Jewish
voters are not a major electoral force.
In addition to promoting
voter registration, participation, and civic engagement in New York City through its many programs and partnerships, NYC Votes sponsors the city's official Debate Program and produces the
citywide Voter Guide.
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Citywide, 50 % of registered
voters now say the mayor deserves to be re-elected, up eight points from the previous poll.»
The city expanded its efforts to register
voters this year, providing
voter registration forms in 16 languages when the state only requires five and allowing registration for people that take civil service exams through the Department of
Citywide Administrative Services.
And that would include talking about «base» because Anthony has
citywide appeal and I see him pulling in Manhattan as well as from Brooklyn,» he said, ticking off constituencies favorable to Ms. Quinn, Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Thompson he thought could be potential Weiner
voters.
Malpass also said that if, as expected, the «Stop de Blasio» line draws a large number of
voters, its use will be extended
citywide next year to back the Republican Party's candidate for mayor — assuming de Blasio is running for re-election.
Candidates for
citywide offices like comptroller have to have 3,750 signatures from registered
voters in their party by Thursday.
Citywide,
voter turnout was similarly low, with just 14 percent of the 3,100,356 active registered Democrats showing up to vote.
Other plans include
voter registration drives on college campuses and a
citywide voter registration campaign, along with set goals for every city agency to register New Yorkers to vote.
«We regret the inconvenience the councilman experienced, or any
voter, but this is not indicative of a widespread issue,» Board of Elections Executive Director Michael Ryan told the Observer, noting that the agency oversaw the compiling of 5,600 registers
citywide this year.
The internal investigation by BOE comes after state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and City Comptroller Scott Stringer already announced they're investigating widespread complaints from
voters at polling sites
citywide during Tuesday's primaries.
A look at registered Republicans as a percentage of all registered
voters gives a different perspective:
Citywide, Republicans are a mere 10.8 % of all registered
voters, with a low of 6.4 % in the Bronx and a high in Staten Island of 28.9 %.
Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans in every ward and
citywide have recently eclipsed non-enrolled
voters as Kingston's most populous political class.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In the mayor's race for almost two weeks, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis has raised few of the myriad issues that Staten Islanders deal with on a daily basis, but she plans to do so, she said, while trying to appeal to a broader
citywide voter pool.
With a
citywide 7 - to - 1 advantage in Democratic to Republican
voters, the mayor...
At the time, 58 percent of
citywide voters said they would prefer to see Weiner remain on the sidelines.
As the commission settles on what to put before the
voters, it should recommend a return to two - term limits for
citywide offices and borough presidents, while keeping the limit for the City Council at three terms.
The other Green
citywide candidates for Councilor - At - Large and Commissioner of Education received votes from between 24 % and 29 % of the
voters in those multi-seat races.
Other New York peculiarities include a requirement that
voters register their party affiliation by Friday in order to vote in the primaries for next year's
citywide elections.
The poll, which polled a representative sample of 700
citywide likely Democratic primary
voters, including 300 in Queens, found that 51 percent of those surveyed opposed building new full - gambling casino sites in New York City.