Mr Howard suffered a spate of bad polls in his first term, taking a hit from conservative
voters over gun control and from moderate voters over the GST and failing to respond to the Pauline Hanson phenomenon.
Not exact matches
Skelos's approach to deal making with Cuomo, as well as a five - member bloc of Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference, angered grassroots conservative
voters in New York, who were especially upset
over the
gun control legislation passing the chamber.
Democrats, women, liberals, moderates, New York City, black, and Jewish
voters and
voters over the age of 55 said the incident should lead to stronger
gun control laws, while Republicans, men, conservatives, and upstaters said some acts of violence simply can't be prevented.
Cuomo believes that the popularity hit he's taking at the moment, mostly with upstate Republicans
over gun control, is worth it for the sake of good policy — and that he's in sync with the opinions of younger
voters.
The GOP this year is banking on a large upstate turn out, counting on anger
over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2013
gun control law known as the SAFE Act, as well his the delay on making a decision
over hydrofracking, as key issues that will bring
voters outside of New York City to the polls.
Siena College poll shows Hillary Clinton losing some ground to Donald Trump in their shared home state of NY, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer widening his lead
over his little - known challenger, Wendy Long, and
voters» opinions on key issues from
gun control to climate change.