Siena Research Institute
Siena College, Loudonville, NY
Posted on 01/29/2007 11:05:14 AM PST by areafiftyone
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Siena Research Institute
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Siena New York Poll:
Spitzer Still Enjoys Honeymoon with NY Voters
Loudonville, NY – A year before the first votes are cast in the 2008 presidential primaries, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani have commanding leads in their respective primaries in New York, according to a new Siena (College) Research Institute poll of registered voters released today. Governor Eliot Spitzer is viewed favorably by three-quarters of voters, while Joe Bruno and Shelly Silver are viewed unfavorably by roughly twice as many voters as view them favorably. More than six in ten voters think that both houses of the State Legislature are doing a fair or poor job, and voters would prefer to see the Legislature remain divided between the two parties.
“With 58 percent of New York Democrats supporting her, Hillary easily laps the field, with only Sen. Barack Obama making it in to double digits at 11 percent,” said Steven Greenberg, Siena New York Poll spokesman. “Sen. John Edwards has the support of nine percent and no other Democrat even gets five percent. Home field advantage is even more important in politics than it is in sports.
“On the Republican side, Rudy has opened a substantial 47-20 percent lead over Sen. John McCain. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich has the support of nine percent, while former Governor George Pataki ties for fourth place with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at five percent,” Greenberg said. “It may not be his strongest message in Iowa and New Hampshire, but after 12 years as Governor, only one in 20 New York Republicans think that Pataki should be President.”
Clinton scores at least 50 percent with every demographic group, and leads Obama 78-13 percent with African American Democrats
Spitzer is rated favorably by 75 percent of voters and unfavorably by 10 percent. Nearly half (49 percent) of voters say he’s doing an excellent or good job as governor, while 19 percent say he’s doing a fair or poor job.
“After nearly one month in office, voters’ honeymoon with the new Democratic governor remains strong,” Greenberg said. “Even Republicans give him a better than three-to-one favorable rating and a better than two-to-one job performance rating. Not surprisingly, one-third of voters haven’t seen enough to have an opinion on how Sptizer is doing on the job, but they overwhelmingly have a favorable view of him.”
Bruno is viewed favorably by 17 percent of voters and unfavorably by 36 percent; 47 percent don’t know enough to have an opinion. Silver is 20 percent favorable, 37 percent unfavorable, 43 percent don’t know enough. Only 22 percent of voters think the Assembly is doing an excellent or good job, while 64 percent think it’s doing a fair or poor job. The Senate doesn’t fare much better with a job performance rating of 27 percent excellent or good, 62 percent fair or poor.
“Based on the way they are re-elected, voters may like their own legislators but they overwhelmingly believe that both houses of the Legislature are not performing well,” Greenberg said. “Among those who know them, voters have a very negative view of both Bruno and Silver.
“By a strong margin, voters prefer the status quo of a divided Legislature. While one-third of voters believe that it would be better to have one party control both the Senate and the Assembly, 56 percent think it’s better to have each house controlled by a different political party. While Democrats are evenly split on this question, two-thirds of Republicans and independents support a split Legislature.”
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has a 48-29 percent favorable rating, with 23 percent not knowing enough to rate him. Lt. Governor David Paterson is unknown to three-quarters of voters and has a
17-8 percent favorable rating. A plurality (45 percent) of voters believe the state is headed on the right track, while 26 percent believe the state is going in the wrong direction.
This SRI survey was conducted January 24-25, 2007 by telephone calls to 625 registered New York State voters.
It has a margin of error of + 3.9 percentage points. For more information or comments, please call Steven Greenberg at
518-469-9858. Survey cross-tabulations and frequencies can be found at: http://www.siena.edu/sri/SienaNewYorkPoll.asp
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Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about Eliot Spitzer?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 75 10 16
November 15, 2006 75 14 12
November 3, 2006 74 17 10
October 2006 69 20 12
September 2006 74 16 10
August 2006 71 15 15
June 2006 68 16 16
May 2006 63 19 19
March 2006 62 18 20
January 2006 59 19 23
November 2005 65 15 20
October 2005 61 19 20
August 2005 60 14 26
July 2005 62 15 22
June 2005 59 15 25
May 2005 58 17 25
April 2005 53 18 29
March 2005 50 18 32
February 2005 48 17 34
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about Andrew Cuomo?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 48 29 23
November 15, 2006 50 36 15
November 3, 2006 49 36 15
October 2006 44 42 15
September 2006 50 35 15
August 2006 44 35 21
June 2006 47 29 24
January 2006 45 31 24
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about George Bush?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007
26 67 8
November 15, 2006 28 65 7
September 2006 36 61 3
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about Hillary Clinton?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 60 33 7
November 15, 2006 65 29 6
November 3, 2006 61 33 6
October 2006 56 38 6
September 2006 60 37 4
August 2006 54 38 7
June 2006 54 38 8
May 2006 58 36 6
March 2006 55 39 6
January 2006 60 37 3
November 2005 60 34 6
October 2005 59 35 6
August 2005 59 37 4
July 2005 60 34 6
June 2005 60 33 7
May 2005 58 35 7
April 2005 60 33 6
March 2005 58 34 8
February 2005 61 33 6
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about Joe Bruno?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 17 36 47
May 2006 21 29 50
July 2005 26 30 44
April 2005 18 30 52
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about Sheldon Silver?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007
20 37 43
May 2006 24 31 45
July 2005
28 34 38
April 2005 19 30 50
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about Rudy Giuliani?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 63 29 9
November 15, 2006 63 32 5
April 2005 63 26 10
February 2005 61 28 11
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about Barack Obama?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 50 17 34
November 15, 2006 48 12 40
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about John McCain?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007
51 29 21
November 15, 2006 56 24 20
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion about John Edwards?
Date Favorable Unfavorable Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 49 25 25
November 15, 2006 42 23 35
Is New York State on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?
Date Right Track Wrong Direction Don’t Know/No Opinion
January 2007 45 26 30
November 15, 2006 52 30 18
November 3, 2006 36 43 21
October 2006 29 47 23
September 2006: 33 39 28
August 2006 29 47 25
June 2006 29 45 26
May 2006 27 52 21
March 2006 35 39 26
January 2006 34 43 24
November 2005 38 41 22
October 2005 34 42 24
August 2005 36 44 20
July 2005 33 41 26
June 2005 30 44 26
May 2005 29 46 25
April 2005 29 44 27
March 2005 26 47 27
February 2005 32 44 24
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Feb. 5, 2008, may become Super-Duper Tuesday with, perhaps, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah voting on the same day..
Think about that. That means the nominee won't just be able to go to IA and NH shake some hands and come from nowhere.
They will need an entire national ground game and close to 100 million to buy radio and TV ads within a year.
They have to make the ads ....hire thousands of people..pollsters...consultants...the logistacs in this time constrant are staggering.
There are 5-6 people in the country who can pull that off. Rudy,Romney,McCaine, Hillary and maybe Obama, Colin Powell,Edwards.
The rest of the pack is already toast.
This time in 1991 Clinton was an unknown and this time in 2003 Kerry was at the bottom as well. A lot can happen in a year. And alot of us will be exposing Rino Rudy's liberal record.
Where? On Free Republic??? Yeaaa Riiight! That'll do it! That will make Rudy lose! I THINK NOT!
Whether you know it or not, the more you post this drivel the more people want to be on the Rudy ping list. But as I say - keep doing it and the list will get bigger and bigger!
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WOW!! So many things have changed! YIKES!
Deal with it he is a liberal rino who many conservatives will not support.
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That's one reason primaries are held. Who knew?
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