Full results, Newsday/Siena Research poll

The poll of 1,001 registered voters in Nassau and Suffolk counties was conducted Oct. 11-15, 17 and has a margin of error of +/-3.1 percent.

Q1. Is New York State on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?
		Right track	Wrong direction	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	20%	67%	14%
	Likely Voters	17%	72%	11%
Party	Dem	29%	55%	16%
	Rep	11%	82%	7%
	Ind/ Other	18%	64%	18%
County	Nassau	19%	67%	14%
	Suffolk	20%	66%	14%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	24%	58%	17%
	Paladino	10%	85%	5%
Gender	M	19%	70%	10%
	F	20%	63%	17%
Age	Under 55	21%	66%	13%
	55 and older	17%	67%	16%
Ethnicity	White	15%	72%	12%
	Afr Amer /Black	32%	53%	16%
	Non- White	32%	51%	17%
Religion	Cath	18%	72%	9%
	Jewish	15%	70%	15%
	Prot	22%	64%	14%
	Other	18%	60%	22%
Income	< $50K	28%	55%	17%
	$50K- $100K	18%	67%	15%
	$100K- $150K	16%	72%	12%
	$150K+	20%	68%	12%
Q2. Is the Long Island on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?
		Right track	Wrong direction	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	27%	61%	12%
	Likely Voters	25%	65%	10%
Party	Dem	33%	55%	12%
	Rep	19%	73%	8%
	Ind/ Other	28%	56%	16%
County	Nassau	26%	63%	12%
	Suffolk	27%	60%	13%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	29%	57%	14%
	Paladino	24%	69%	7%
Gender	M	28%	62%	10%
	F	25%	61%	14%
Age	Under 55	28%	62%	10%
	55 and older	24%	60%	15%
Ethnicity	White	24%	65%	11%
	Afr Amer /Black	31%	54%	15%
	Non- White	34%	51%	14%
Religion	Cath	27%	64%	8%
	Jewish	26%	63%	11%
	Prot	28%	56%	16%
	Other	23%	60%	17%
Income	< $50K	30%	53%	17%
	$50K- $100K	28%	63%	9%
	$100K- $150K	21%	69%	10%
	$150K+	29%	60%	11%
I'm going to read the names of several people in public life and I'd like you to tell me whether you have a favorable opinion or an unfavorable opinion of each of the people or institutions I name.
Q3. Andrew Cuomo
		Favorable	Unfavorable	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	61%	31%	8%
	Likely Voters	62%	33%	5%
Party	Dem	81%	15%	4%
	Rep	46%	49%	6%
	Ind/ Other	56%	32%	12%
County	Nassau	60%	32%	8%
	Suffolk	62%	30%	8%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	88%	7%	5%
	Paladino	16%	78%	6%
Gender	M	56%	37%	7%
	F	67%	25%	9%
Age	Under 55	60%	32%	8%
	55 and older	63%	29%	8%
Ethnicity	White	59%	34%	7%
	Afr Amer /Black	73%	20%	7%
	Non- White	72%	19%	10%
Religion	Cath	59%	36%	5%
	Jewish	68%	27%	5%
	Prot	65%	27%	9%
	Other	58%	26%	15%
Income	< $50K	70%	17%	13%
	$50K- $100K	68%	27%	5%
	$100K- $150K	57%	34%	9%
	$150K+	55%	43%	2%
Q4. Carl Paladino
		Favorable	Unfavorable	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	22%	63%	15%
	Likely Voters	25%	65%	10%
Party	Dem	11%	79%	10%
	Rep	34%	51%	16%
	Ind/ Other	24%	59%	18%
County	Nassau	23%	64%	13%
	Suffolk	21%	62%	18%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	7%	83%	11%
	Paladino	62%	21%	17%
Gender	M	27%	59%	14%
	F	17%	66%	17%
Age	Under 55	24%	59%	17%
	55 and older	18%	70%	12%
Ethnicity	White	24%	62%	14%
	Afr Amer /Black	13%	69%	18%
	Non- White	13%	68%	19%
Religion	Cath	30%	54%	16%
	Jewish	14%	83%	3%
	Prot	19%	63%	18%
	Other	10%	72%	18%
Income	< $50K	18%	60%	21%
	$50K- $100K	21%	66%	13%
	$100K- $150K	20%	67%	14%
	$150K+	28%	59%	13%
Q5. The Tea Party Movement
		Favorable	Unfavorable	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	35%	48%	16%
	Likely Voters	39%	50%	11%
Party	Dem	16%	72%	12%
	Rep	56%	29%	15%
	Ind/ Other	36%	45%	19%
County	Nassau	34%	51%	15%
	Suffolk	37%	46%	18%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	15%	69%	16%
	Paladino	80%	10%	10%
Gender	M	43%	47%	10%
	F	28%	50%	22%
Age	Under 55	37%	47%	16%
	55 and older	33%	52%	16%
Ethnicity	White	40%	45%	15%
	Afr Amer /Black	14%	70%	16%
	Non- White	15%	67%	17%
Religion	Cath	47%	37%	16%
	Jewish	24%	68%	8%
	Prot	30%	50%	20%
	Other	19%	67%	14%
Income	< $50K	28%	47%	25%
	$50K- $100K	34%	53%	13%
	$100K- $150K	36%	51%	13%
	$150K+	42%	47%	10%
Q6. Barack Obama
		Favorable	Unfavorable	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	51%	43%	6%
	Likely Voters	47%	48%	5%
Party	Dem	77%	17%	6%
	Rep	26%	69%	5%
	Ind/ Other	47%	48%	5%
County	Nassau	48%	46%	6%
	Suffolk	53%	41%	6%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	71%	23%	6%
	Paladino	13%	83%	4%
Gender	M	47%	47%	5%
	F	54%	40%	7%
Age	Under 55	52%	44%	5%
	55 and older	49%	44%	7%
Ethnicity	White	41%	53%	6%
	Afr Amer /Black	92%	5%	3%
	Non- White	87%	9%	4%
Religion	Cath	41%	53%	6%
	Jewish	60%	36%	4%
	Prot	55%	40%	5%
	Other	62%	34%	4%
Income	< $50K	66%	28%	6%
	$50K- $100K	51%	42%	7%
	$100K- $150K	49%	49%	2%
	$150K+	44%	52%	4%
Q7. If the 2010 election for governor were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were:
		Andrew Cuomo on the Democratic line	Carl Paladino on the Republican line	Voting for someone else	Not voting	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	61%	27%	1%	1%	10%
	Likely Voters	60%	30%	1%	1%	9%
Party	Dem	86%	8%	1%	1%	5%
	Rep	41%	47%	1%	1%	11%
	Ind/ Other	58%	31%	0%	1%	11%
County	Nassau	60%	30%	0%	1%	8%
	Suffolk	62%	24%	1%	2%	11%
Gender	M	55%	33%	1%	1%	10%
	F	67%	22%	0%	1%	9%
Age	Under 55	60%	29%	1%	1%	9%
	55 and older	64%	24%	0%	2%	10%
Ethnicity	White	58%	33%	0%	1%	8%
	Afr Amer /Black	79%	8%	2%	1%	9%
	Non- White	81%	8%	1%	1%	9%
Religion	Cath	54%	36%	1%	1%	8%
	Jewish	74%	18%	0%	0%	8%
	Prot	68%	22%	0%	0%	10%
	Other	68%	19%	1%	2%	10%
Income	< $50K	68%	22%	0%	2%	8%
	$50K- $100K	69%	22%	1%	1%	7%
	$100K- $150K	64%	25%	1%	0%	10%
	$150K+	51%	41%	1%	1%	7%
Q8. If the 2010 election for State Attorney General were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were:
		Eric Schneiderman on the Democratic Line	Dan Donovan on the Republican Line	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	39%	37%	24%
	Likely Voters	38%	41%	22%
Party	Dem	68%	11%	21%
	Rep	14%	65%	20%
	Ind/ Other	36%	39%	25%
County	Nassau	36%	41%	23%
	Suffolk	42%	34%	24%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	59%	17%	24%
	Paladino	5%	84%	11%
Gender	M	38%	42%	20%
	F	40%	32%	27%
Age	Under 55	39%	38%	24%
	55 and older	40%	37%	23%
Ethnicity	White	33%	44%	23%
	Afr Amer /Black	73%	4%	23%
	Non- White	67%	10%	23%
Religion	Cath	27%	50%	23%
	Jewish	54%	30%	16%
	Prot	45%	28%	27%
	Other	52%	24%	23%
Income	< $50K	50%	26%	24%
	$50K- $100K	43%	39%	18%
	$100K- $150K	38%	35%	27%
	$150K+	30%	47%	24%
Q9. If the 2010 election for State Comptroller were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were:
		Tom DiNapoli on the Democratic Line	Harry Wilson on the Republican Line	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	51%	30%	19%
	Likely Voters	50%	34%	17%
Party	Dem	75%	9%	17%
	Rep	29%	57%	14%
	Ind/ Other	49%	26%	25%
County	Nassau	54%	31%	16%
	Suffolk	48%	29%	23%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	69%	14%	18%
	Paladino	23%	67%	10%
Gender	M	50%	33%	16%
	F	51%	27%	22%
Age	Under 55	51%	30%	19%
	55 and older	51%	29%	19%
Ethnicity	White	47%	35%	19%
	Afr Amer /Black	76%	7%	17%
	Non- White	71%	10%	19%
Religion	Cath	46%	38%	17%
	Jewish	59%	28%	13%
	Prot	53%	25%	21%
	Other	53%	20%	27%
Income	< $50K	50%	23%	27%
	$50K- $100K	57%	28%	15%
	$100K- $150K	57%	27%	16%
	$150K+	39%	44%	17%
Q10. If the 2010 election for United States Senator were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were:
		Kirsten Gillibrand on the Democratic Line	Joe DioGuardi on the Republican Line	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	48%	38%	14%
	Likely Voters	48%	41%	11%
Party	Dem	73%	13%	14%
	Rep	29%	62%	9%
	Ind/ Other	40%	44%	16%
County	Nassau	44%	44%	13%
	Suffolk	52%	33%	15%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	68%	17%	15%
	Paladino	12%	85%	3%
Gender	M	43%	46%	11%
	F	52%	31%	17%
Age	Under 55	45%	40%	14%
	55 and older	53%	34%	13%
Ethnicity	White	43%	44%	13%
	Afr Amer /Black	71%	10%	19%
	Non- White	66%	16%	18%
Religion	Cath	38%	51%	11%
	Jewish	65%	25%	9%
	Prot	53%	31%	17%
	Other	52%	26%	22%
Income	< $50K	55%	27%	18%
	$50K- $100K	49%	38%	13%
	$100K- $150K	45%	42%	13%
	$150K+	44%	46%	10%
Q11. If the 2010 election for the other United States Senator were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were:
		Chuck Schumer on the Democratic Line	Jay Townsend on the Republican Line	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	62%	30%	8%
	Likely Voters	61%	33%	6%
Party	Dem	86%	7%	6%
	Rep	42%	51%	7%
	Ind/ Other	59%	34%	7%
County	Nassau	60%	32%	8%
	Suffolk	64%	28%	9%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	85%	10%	5%
	Paladino	24%	72%	3%
Gender	M	59%	35%	6%
	F	65%	25%	10%
Age	Under 55	63%	30%	7%
	55 and older	62%	30%	8%
Ethnicity	White	58%	35%	7%
	Afr Amer /Black	86%	8%	6%
	Non- White	83%	10%	7%
Religion	Cath	59%	35%	7%
	Jewish	66%	28%	6%
	Prot	63%	27%	11%
	Other	68%	23%	9%
Income	< $50K	72%	19%	9%
	$50K- $100K	62%	30%	8%
	$100K- $150K	68%	28%	4%
	$150K+	55%	38%	7%
Q12. As things stand now, if the election for your representative in the United States Congress were held today would you vote to re-elect your incumbent member of Congress or would you prefer someone else?
		Re-elect incumbent member of Congress	Prefer someone else	Don't know
	Registered Voters	38%	43%	19%
	Likely Voters	38%	45%	17%
Party	Dem	44%	32%	24%
	Rep	33%	51%	15%
	Ind/ Other	35%	49%	16%
County	Nassau	39%	41%	20%
	Suffolk	37%	45%	18%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	48%	31%	21%
	Paladino	23%	67%	11%
Gender	M	40%	47%	13%
	F	36%	39%	25%
Age	Under 55	37%	46%	17%
	55 and older	40%	38%	22%
Ethnicity	White	36%	45%	19%
	Afr Amer /Black	53%	26%	21%
	Non- White	46%	34%	20%
Religion	Cath	36%	47%	17%
	Jewish	45%	35%	20%
	Prot	39%	39%	22%
	Other	37%	45%	17%
Income	< $50K	38%	40%	22%
	$50K- $100K	41%	43%	17%
	$100K- $150K	38%	46%	16%
	$150K+	38%	44%	18%
Q13. Looking at the issue of health care and the recently passed reform legislation, which of the following two choices is closest to your point of view:
		Although it may not go far enough, I'd like to see the health care reform legislation fully implemented as soon as possible	I'm in favor of repealing the health care reform legislation	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	44%	48%	8%
	Likely Voters	42%	51%	6%
Party	Dem	67%	26%	7%
	Rep	20%	73%	7%
	Ind/ Other	45%	47%	8%
County	Nassau	42%	50%	8%
	Suffolk	45%	46%	9%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	62%	31%	8%
	Paladino	10%	86%	4%
Gender	M	43%	51%	6%
	F	44%	46%	10%
Age	Under 55	42%	51%	7%
	55 and older	47%	44%	10%
Ethnicity	White	36%	55%	8%
	Afr Amer /Black	78%	16%	6%
	Non- White	73%	21%	6%
Religion	Cath	32%	60%	8%
	Jewish	53%	36%	12%
	Prot	51%	41%	8%
	Other	60%	36%	4%
Income	< $50K	47%	42%	11%
	$50K- $100K	48%	44%	8%
	$100K- $150K	42%	51%	7%
	$150K+	38%	59%	3%
Q14. President Obama has proposed eliminating the income tax cuts passed during the Bush Administration for individuals earning more than $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000. Would you like to see those tax cuts eliminated or are you in favor of keeping those tax cuts in place?
		Eliminate tax cuts	Keep tax cuts	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	47%	47%	6%
	Likely Voters	45%	50%	5%
Party	Dem	61%	31%	8%
	Rep	35%	63%	2%
	Ind/ Other	45%	49%	6%
County	Nassau	47%	49%	4%
	Suffolk	47%	46%	7%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	58%	36%	7%
	Paladino	27%	72%	2%
Gender	M	44%	52%	4%
	F	50%	43%	7%
Age	Under 55	48%	46%	6%
	55 and older	45%	51%	4%
Ethnicity	White	45%	51%	4%
	Afr Amer /Black	66%	24%	10%
	Non- White	59%	31%	10%
Religion	Cath	41%	55%	5%
	Jewish	57%	40%	3%
	Prot	49%	45%	7%
	Other	59%	36%	5%
Income	< $50K	54%	35%	10%
	$50K- $100K	51%	43%	7%
	$100K- $150K	47%	49%	4%
	$150K+	41%	58%	1%
Q15. President Obama has also recently proposed a new stimulus package of $50 billion for road and infrastructure improvements and to help create jobs. Do you support or oppose the President's new proposed $50 billion stimulus package?
		Support	Oppose	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	55%	38%	7%
	Likely Voters	54%	40%	6%
Party	Dem	73%	19%	8%
	Rep	40%	55%	6%
	Ind/ Other	50%	45%	6%
County	Nassau	51%	41%	8%
	Suffolk	59%	35%	6%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	70%	24%	7%
	Paladino	29%	68%	2%
Gender	M	54%	40%	5%
	F	56%	36%	9%
Age	Under 55	55%	38%	6%
	55 and older	55%	38%	7%
Ethnicity	White	50%	43%	7%
	Afr Amer /Black	80%	12%	7%
	Non- White	77%	17%	6%
Religion	Cath	50%	45%	5%
	Jewish	59%	32%	10%
	Prot	58%	37%	5%
	Other	67%	28%	6%
Income	< $50K	65%	27%	8%
	$50K- $100K	60%	33%	6%
	$100K- $150K	51%	44%	5%
	$150K+	51%	45%	4%
Now I'm going to read you a series of issues that residents of Long Island are facing. For each tell me if this is a very important issue for you, somewhat important, not very important or not at all important to you.
Q16. Property Taxes
		Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	84%	12%	2%	1%	1%
	Likely Voters	87%	10%	1%	1%	1%
Party	Dem	82%	15%	3%	0%	1%
	Rep	91%	8%	0%	1%	0%
	Ind/ Other	80%	15%	4%	1%	0%
County	Nassau	86%	10%	2%	1%	1%
	Suffolk	81%	14%	3%	1%	1%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	82%	13%	3%	1%	0%
	Paladino	89%	9%	1%	0%	1%
Gender	M	81%	14%	3%	1%	1%
	F	86%	10%	2%	1%	1%
Age	Under 55	83%	14%	2%	1%	1%
	55 and older	86%	9%	3%	1%	1%
Ethnicity	White	84%	12%	2%	1%	0%
	Afr Amer /Black	84%	12%	3%	0%	1%
	Non- White	83%	13%	4%	0%	1%
Religion	Cath	89%	9%	2%	0%	0%
	Jewish	76%	23%	1%	1%	0%
	Prot	83%	15%	2%	1%	0%
	Other	77%	17%	5%	1%	1%
Income	< $50K	84%	12%	2%	1%	1%
	$50K- $100K	87%	9%	3%	0%	0%
	$100K- $150K	82%	18%	0%	0%	0%
	$150K+	84%	13%	2%	1%	0%
Q17. The Quality of Public Schools
		Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	76%	18%	3%	2%	1%
	Likely Voters	75%	19%	3%	2%	1%
Party	Dem	83%	14%	3%	0%	0%
	Rep	71%	22%	4%	2%	1%
	Ind/ Other	72%	22%	2%	4%	0%
County	Nassau	72%	22%	3%	1%	2%
	Suffolk	80%	15%	3%	2%	1%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	80%	17%	2%	1%	0%
	Paladino	69%	23%	3%	2%	1%
Gender	M	72%	23%	3%	2%	1%
	F	80%	14%	3%	2%	1%
Age	Under 55	79%	17%	2%	2%	1%
	55 and older	71%	21%	5%	2%	2%
Ethnicity	White	74%	20%	3%	2%	1%
	Afr Amer /Black	93%	6%	1%	0%	0%
	Non- White	90%	9%	1%	0%	0%
Religion	Cath	74%	21%	3%	2%	1%
	Jewish	69%	25%	3%	3%	0%
	Prot	85%	8%	3%	2%	1%
	Other	77%	20%	2%	1%	0%
Income	< $50K	81%	12%	4%	2%	0%
	$50K- $100K	74%	22%	2%	1%	0%
	$100K- $150K	74%	20%	3%	3%	0%
	$150K+	83%	13%	2%	3%	0%
Q18. Traffic Congestion
		Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	45%	40%	11%	3%	1%
	Likely Voters	46%	40%	11%	2%	0%
Party	Dem	49%	38%	11%	2%	0%
	Rep	45%	41%	13%	1%	0%
	Ind/ Other	37%	46%	10%	6%	1%
County	Nassau	45%	40%	11%	3%	1%
	Suffolk	44%	41%	12%	3%	0%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	46%	41%	10%	3%	0%
	Paladino	44%	40%	13%	2%	0%
Gender	M	45%	37%	14%	3%	1%
	F	45%	43%	9%	3%	1%
Age	Under 55	43%	42%	12%	3%	0%
	55 and older	48%	38%	11%	3%	1%
Ethnicity	White	44%	42%	11%	2%	0%
	Afr Amer /Black	44%	36%	15%	5%	0%
	Non- White	44%	38%	12%	6%	0%
Religion	Cath	48%	37%	11%	3%	1%
	Jewish	42%	48%	7%	2%	0%
	Prot	39%	48%	10%	3%	0%
	Other	46%	38%	14%	2%	0%
Income	< $50K	56%	28%	11%	4%	0%
	$50K- $100K	42%	42%	13%	2%	0%
	$100K- $150K	41%	43%	12%	4%	0%
	$150K+	46%	43%	9%	2%	0%
Q19. Crime
		Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	70%	22%	6%	1%	1%
	Likely Voters	69%	23%	6%	1%	0%
Party	Dem	77%	17%	5%	0%	0%
	Rep	68%	24%	5%	2%	1%
	Ind/ Other	62%	28%	8%	1%	0%
County	Nassau	70%	21%	6%	2%	1%
	Suffolk	71%	22%	6%	0%	0%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	70%	24%	6%	0%	0%
	Paladino	71%	19%	6%	3%	1%
Gender	M	67%	23%	9%	1%	1%
	F	74%	20%	4%	1%	1%
Age	Under 55	68%	23%	7%	1%	1%
	55 and older	75%	19%	5%	1%	1%
Ethnicity	White	67%	25%	7%	1%	0%
	Afr Amer /Black	83%	12%	4%	1%	0%
	Non- White	83%	12%	4%	1%	0%
Religion	Cath	72%	19%	7%	2%	0%
	Jewish	70%	26%	4%	0%	0%
	Prot	73%	22%	4%	1%	1%
	Other	60%	29%	10%	1%	0%
Income	< $50K	82%	11%	5%	2%	0%
	$50K- $100K	71%	22%	6%	0%	1%
	$100K- $150K	61%	27%	12%	1%	0%
	$150K+	66%	28%	4%	1%	0%
Q20. Availability of Good Jobs
		Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	79%	17%	1%	1%	1%
	Likely Voters	79%	18%	2%	1%	1%
Party	Dem	84%	15%	0%	1%	0%
	Rep	76%	19%	2%	2%	1%
	Ind/ Other	76%	20%	2%	2%	1%
County	Nassau	75%	20%	2%	2%	1%
	Suffolk	83%	15%	1%	1%	1%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	83%	16%	1%	1%	0%
	Paladino	73%	20%	2%	3%	2%
Gender	M	73%	22%	2%	2%	1%
	F	85%	12%	1%	1%	1%
Age	Under 55	79%	18%	1%	1%	1%
	55 and older	81%	15%	2%	2%	1%
Ethnicity	White	77%	20%	1%	2%	1%
	Afr Amer /Black	91%	6%	2%	1%	0%
	Non- White	91%	7%	1%	1%	0%
Religion	Cath	83%	14%	1%	2%	0%
	Jewish	66%	27%	4%	3%	1%
	Prot	81%	17%	0%	0%	1%
	Other	78%	18%	3%	1%	0%
Income	< $50K	88%	9%	2%	2%	0%
	$50K- $100K	85%	13%	0%	1%	0%
	$100K- $150K	71%	25%	2%	1%	0%
	$150K+	78%	18%	2%	3%	0%
Q21. Our local environment
		Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	63%	30%	4%	1%	2%
	Likely Voters	61%	32%	4%	2%	1%
Party	Dem	68%	27%	3%	0%	1%
	Rep	54%	37%	4%	2%	2%
	Ind/ Other	63%	29%	5%	2%	1%
County	Nassau	60%	32%	4%	1%	2%
	Suffolk	65%	28%	4%	2%	1%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	70%	26%	3%	1%	1%
	Paladino	47%	41%	7%	2%	3%
Gender	M	60%	30%	6%	2%	2%
	F	66%	30%	2%	1%	1%
Age	Under 55	65%	29%	4%	1%	1%
	55 and older	58%	33%	4%	2%	2%
Ethnicity	White	61%	32%	4%	1%	1%
	Afr Amer /Black	69%	23%	6%	2%	1%
	Non- White	70%	21%	6%	1%	1%
Religion	Cath	62%	30%	5%	1%	1%
	Jewish	58%	36%	4%	2%	0%
	Prot	63%	31%	3%	0%	2%
	Other	66%	26%	3%	3%	1%
Income	< $50K	73%	20%	3%	3%	1%
	$50K- $100K	63%	29%	4%	1%	2%
	$100K- $150K	53%	40%	6%	2%	0%
	$150K+	63%	32%	4%	1%	0%
Q22. Health care costs
		Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	78%	16%	4%	1%	1%
	Likely Voters	78%	17%	5%	1%	0%
Party	Dem	84%	14%	2%	0%	0%
	Rep	74%	19%	6%	0%	0%
	Ind/ Other	75%	19%	5%	2%	0%
County	Nassau	79%	16%	4%	0%	1%
	Suffolk	78%	17%	5%	1%	0%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	82%	14%	3%	1%	0%
	Paladino	71%	22%	5%	0%	0%
Gender	M	73%	21%	4%	1%	1%
	F	83%	12%	4%	1%	0%
Age	Under 55	77%	17%	5%	1%	0%
	55 and older	81%	15%	2%	1%	0%
Ethnicity	White	76%	18%	4%	1%	0%
	Afr Amer /Black	86%	11%	4%	0%	0%
	Non- White	87%	10%	2%	0%	0%
Religion	Cath	79%	16%	3%	1%	0%
	Jewish	71%	23%	5%	1%	0%
	Prot	77%	19%	3%	1%	0%
	Other	80%	13%	7%	0%	0%
Income	< $50K	89%	10%	1%	0%	0%
	$50K- $100K	85%	12%	4%	0%	0%
	$100K- $150K	71%	19%	8%	1%	0%
	$150K+	70%	26%	3%	1%	0%
Q23. Of those issues, which issue do you think is the single most important issue that the people of Long Island face?
		Property taxes	The quality of public schools	Traffic congestion	Crime	Availability of good jobs	Our local environment
	Registered Voters	43%	11%	3%	4%	27%	2%
	Likely Voters	48%	9%	2%	3%	28%	2%
Party	Dem	35%	15%	3%	5%	29%	3%
	Rep	60%	4%	1%	3%	23%	1%
	Ind/ Other	36%	11%	4%	3%	28%	4%
County	Nassau	51%	9%	2%	4%	21%	3%
	Suffolk	36%	12%	3%	4%	32%	2%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	38%	13%	2%	5%	27%	3%
	Paladino	55%	6%	3%	2%	26%	1%
Gender	M	44%	7%	3%	4%	29%	3%
	F	42%	14%	3%	4%	24%	2%
Age	Under 55	43%	13%	3%	4%	25%	3%
	55 and older	45%	7%	2%	4%	29%	1%
Ethnicity	White	47%	9%	3%	3%	26%	3%
	Afr Amer /Black	33%	22%	1%	8%	26%	1%
	Non- White	30%	21%	3%	9%	26%	0%
Religion	Cath	51%	8%	2%	3%	25%	2%
	Jewish	39%	14%	5%	6%	24%	4%
	Prot	36%	11%	2%	4%	31%	2%
	Other	36%	17%	2%	4%	27%	4%
Income	< $50K	26%	20%	2%	8%	27%	2%
	$50K- $100K	48%	7%	3%	5%	28%	2%
	$100K- $150K	48%	12%	4%	2%	19%	1%
	$150K+	48%	10%	0%	2%	30%	3%
Q24. Are you in favor or opposed to a cap being placed upon the rate at which property taxes in New York can increase?
		Favor	Opposed	Don't know
	Registered Voters	78%	14%	8%
	Likely Voters	81%	12%	7%
Party	Dem	78%	15%	7%
	Rep	85%	10%	5%
	Ind/ Other	73%	17%	10%
County	Nassau	76%	14%	10%
	Suffolk	79%	15%	6%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	76%	16%	8%
	Paladino	84%	9%	7%
Gender	M	76%	17%	8%
	F	80%	12%	8%
Age	Under 55	78%	14%	7%
	55 and older	78%	13%	9%
Ethnicity	White	81%	12%	7%
	Afr Amer /Black	74%	15%	12%
	Non- White	68%	22%	10%
Religion	Cath	83%	12%	6%
	Jewish	86%	9%	5%
	Prot	74%	18%	8%
	Other	72%	17%	11%
Income	< $50K	71%	19%	11%
	$50K- $100K	81%	11%	8%
	$100K- $150K	79%	16%	6%
	$150K+	85%	12%	3%
Q25. Regardless of who you plan on voting for in the race for Governor, who do you think will be the next Governor of New York State?
		Andrew Cuomo	Carl Paladino	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	81%	10%	8%
	Likely Voters	85%	10%	5%
Party	Dem	90%	5%	5%
	Rep	77%	17%	6%
	Ind/ Other	79%	11%	10%
County	Nassau	81%	11%	8%
	Suffolk	82%	10%	8%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	93%	2%	4%
	Paladino	61%	31%	8%
Gender	M	82%	9%	10%
	F	81%	12%	7%
Age	Under 55	79%	12%	9%
	55 and older	86%	8%	6%
Ethnicity	White	83%	11%	6%
	Afr Amer /Black	83%	10%	8%
	Non- White	82%	9%	9%
Religion	Cath	79%	14%	7%
	Jewish	90%	5%	5%
	Prot	83%	10%	6%
	Other	84%	5%	11%
Income	< $50K	79%	13%	8%
	$50K- $100K	85%	9%	6%
	$100K- $150K	87%	8%	6%
	$150K+	81%	12%	7%
I'm going to give you a list of a few issues and I'd like you to tell me who you think would do a better job on that issue regardless of who you plan on voting for in the race for Governor.
Q26. Who do you think will do a better job on the issues most important to Long Island as Governor of New York State?
		Andrew Cuomo	Carl Paladino	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	60%	26%	14%
	Likely Voters	62%	29%	9%
Party	Dem	80%	11%	10%
	Rep	48%	39%	13%
	Ind/ Other	52%	32%	16%
County	Nassau	60%	27%	12%
	Suffolk	60%	24%	16%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	87%	5%	8%
	Paladino	11%	77%	12%
Gender	M	57%	32%	11%
	F	63%	20%	17%
Age	Under 55	57%	27%	16%
	55 and older	67%	23%	10%
Ethnicity	White	58%	29%	13%
	Afr Amer /Black	74%	12%	13%
	Non- White	74%	13%	14%
Religion	Cath	54%	31%	15%
	Jewish	72%	20%	8%
	Prot	66%	23%	11%
	Other	63%	24%	13%
Income	< $50K	69%	22%	9%
	$50K- $100K	64%	22%	13%
	$100K- $150K	63%	25%	12%
	$150K+	52%	35%	13%
Q27. Who do you think will do a better job on reforming state government, making Albany less dysfunctional?
		Andrew Cuomo	Carl Paladino	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	56%	30%	14%
	Likely Voters	56%	34%	10%
Party	Dem	76%	11%	13%
	Rep	40%	47%	13%
	Ind/ Other	51%	35%	15%
County	Nassau	54%	33%	13%
	Suffolk	58%	26%	16%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	82%	8%	11%
	Paladino	10%	82%	8%
Gender	M	53%	35%	12%
	F	59%	24%	17%
Age	Under 55	53%	31%	15%
	55 and older	62%	27%	12%
Ethnicity	White	53%	34%	13%
	Afr Amer /Black	74%	11%	14%
	Non- White	74%	12%	14%
Religion	Cath	50%	38%	12%
	Jewish	60%	27%	13%
	Prot	59%	29%	11%
	Other	68%	13%	19%
Income	< $50K	71%	19%	10%
	$50K- $100K	61%	25%	15%
	$100K- $150K	58%	28%	14%
	$150K+	45%	46%	10%
Q28. Who do you think will do a better job creating new jobs to spur the state's economy?
		Andrew Cuomo	Carl Paladino	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	57%	29%	14%
	Likely Voters	58%	33%	9%
Party	Dem	78%	10%	12%
	Rep	44%	46%	11%
	Ind/ Other	49%	34%	17%
County	Nassau	56%	30%	14%
	Suffolk	58%	27%	14%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	86%	5%	10%
	Paladino	8%	80%	12%
Gender	M	52%	35%	13%
	F	63%	22%	15%
Age	Under 55	56%	29%	15%
	55 and older	61%	28%	12%
Ethnicity	White	54%	33%	13%
	Afr Amer /Black	71%	13%	16%
	Non- White	72%	11%	17%
Religion	Cath	53%	36%	11%
	Jewish	63%	20%	17%
	Prot	59%	30%	11%
	Other	62%	19%	19%
Income	< $50K	70%	20%	10%
	$50K- $100K	61%	26%	13%
	$100K- $150K	60%	26%	14%
	$150K+	47%	42%	11%
Q29. Who do you think will do a better job in helping to reduce or control the growth in property taxes?
		Andrew Cuomo	Carl Paladino	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	49%	38%	13%
	Likely Voters	49%	42%	9%
Party	Dem	71%	18%	12%
	Rep	33%	54%	13%
	Ind/ Other	41%	46%	13%
County	Nassau	51%	38%	11%
	Suffolk	47%	37%	16%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	72%	17%	11%
	Paladino	8%	85%	7%
Gender	M	44%	46%	11%
	F	54%	31%	16%
Age	Under 55	47%	39%	13%
	55 and older	53%	35%	12%
Ethnicity	White	45%	43%	12%
	Afr Amer /Black	66%	18%	16%
	Non- White	65%	20%	15%
Religion	Cath	44%	44%	12%
	Jewish	54%	33%	13%
	Prot	49%	35%	15%
	Other	56%	33%	11%
Income	< $50K	64%	25%	11%
	$50K- $100K	56%	32%	12%
	$100K- $150K	46%	38%	16%
	$150K+	39%	52%	8%
Q30. Who do you think will do a better job of reducing the state's budget deficit?
		Andrew Cuomo	Carl Paladino	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	50%	37%	13%
	Likely Voters	51%	41%	8%
Party	Dem	68%	20%	12%
	Rep	34%	55%	11%
	Ind/ Other	44%	42%	15%
County	Nassau	49%	39%	12%
	Suffolk	51%	35%	14%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	75%	14%	11%
	Paladino	6%	87%	6%
Gender	M	45%	46%	9%
	F	54%	29%	17%
Age	Under 55	48%	39%	13%
	55 and older	54%	35%	12%
Ethnicity	White	45%	43%	12%
	Afr Amer /Black	72%	16%	12%
	Non- White	71%	16%	14%
Religion	Cath	43%	44%	13%
	Jewish	59%	33%	8%
	Prot	56%	33%	11%
	Other	54%	32%	14%
Income	< $50K	64%	25%	11%
	$50K- $100K	57%	30%	12%
	$100K- $150K	44%	42%	14%
	$150K+	39%	50%	10%
Overall, do you think President Obama is doing an excellent, good, fair or poor job of addressing each of the following?
Q31. The economy
		Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	9%	23%	28%	39%	1%
	Likely Voters	9%	21%	28%	43%	0%
Party	Dem	18%	34%	32%	16%	1%
	Rep	2%	12%	26%	60%	0%
	Ind/ Other	7%	22%	25%	46%	0%
County	Nassau	7%	21%	28%	42%	2%
	Suffolk	10%	25%	28%	35%	1%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	12%	34%	34%	19%	1%
	Paladino	4%	1%	16%	79%	0%
Gender	M	8%	21%	26%	43%	2%
	F	9%	25%	30%	35%	1%
Age	Under 55	9%	24%	28%	38%	1%
	55 and older	7%	22%	28%	41%	2%
Ethnicity	White	6%	19%	29%	45%	1%
	Afr Amer /Black	21%	39%	30%	10%	1%
	Non- White	17%	39%	28%	16%	0%
Religion	Cath	7%	15%	30%	47%	1%
	Jewish	4%	33%	31%	31%	1%
	Prot	13%	27%	23%	37%	0%
	Other	10%	36%	27%	27%	1%
Income	< $50K	15%	28%	26%	31%	0%
	$50K- $100K	8%	24%	35%	31%	1%
	$100K- $150K	9%	20%	30%	41%	0%
	$150K+	6%	21%	23%	50%	1%
Q32. The war in Afghanistan
		Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	8%	24%	37%	29%	3%
	Likely Voters	7%	24%	36%	31%	1%
Party	Dem	15%	33%	35%	15%	2%
	Rep	2%	16%	38%	42%	2%
	Ind/ Other	7%	21%	41%	30%	2%
County	Nassau	6%	20%	40%	31%	3%
	Suffolk	9%	27%	34%	27%	3%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	11%	28%	38%	20%	3%
	Paladino	3%	14%	35%	47%	1%
Gender	M	8%	22%	40%	27%	2%
	F	8%	25%	33%	31%	3%
Age	Under 55	10%	23%	37%	28%	2%
	55 and older	4%	25%	36%	31%	4%
Ethnicity	White	5%	21%	39%	33%	2%
	Afr Amer /Black	24%	34%	26%	13%	2%
	Non- White	19%	32%	32%	15%	1%
Religion	Cath	8%	20%	36%	35%	2%
	Jewish	4%	34%	41%	19%	2%
	Prot	11%	26%	37%	24%	2%
	Other	8%	24%	39%	27%	2%
Income	< $50K	14%	20%	33%	28%	3%
	$50K- $100K	8%	25%	41%	25%	1%
	$100K- $150K	6%	26%	39%	28%	1%
	$150K+	6%	22%	33%	37%	1%
Q33. Health care
		Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	16%	26%	22%	34%	3%
	Likely Voters	15%	25%	19%	40%	1%
Party	Dem	27%	40%	21%	11%	2%
	Rep	5%	13%	23%	58%	1%
	Ind/ Other	16%	23%	21%	38%	3%
County	Nassau	15%	25%	22%	35%	3%
	Suffolk	17%	26%	22%	34%	2%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	22%	34%	25%	16%	3%
	Paladino	5%	6%	16%	74%	0%
Gender	M	16%	22%	20%	38%	3%
	F	15%	28%	23%	31%	3%
Age	Under 55	17%	25%	22%	34%	2%
	55 and older	13%	27%	22%	36%	3%
Ethnicity	White	11%	23%	24%	41%	2%
	Afr Amer /Black	40%	39%	15%	4%	2%
	Non- White	37%	37%	18%	7%	1%
Religion	Cath	11%	21%	23%	44%	2%
	Jewish	13%	38%	23%	26%	1%
	Prot	24%	22%	24%	30%	1%
	Other	18%	36%	21%	22%	3%
Income	< $50K	24%	27%	24%	23%	3%
	$50K- $100K	13%	31%	23%	33%	0%
	$100K- $150K	17%	22%	26%	35%	1%
	$150K+	16%	21%	16%	47%	1%
Q34. Immigration reform
		Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	6%	16%	29%	42%	7%
	Likely Voters	5%	16%	25%	48%	5%
Party	Dem	12%	26%	33%	21%	8%
	Rep	1%	8%	24%	64%	4%
	Ind/ Other	6%	13%	31%	45%	5%
County	Nassau	5%	14%	31%	42%	8%
	Suffolk	7%	18%	27%	43%	5%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	9%	24%	37%	23%	7%
	Paladino	3%	2%	11%	81%	3%
Gender	M	5%	15%	26%	46%	7%
	F	7%	17%	32%	39%	6%
Age	Under 55	7%	17%	30%	40%	6%
	55 and older	3%	15%	29%	46%	7%
Ethnicity	White	4%	14%	28%	48%	6%
	Afr Amer /Black	16%	25%	38%	14%	7%
	Non- White	14%	25%	36%	19%	6%
Religion	Cath	6%	13%	25%	51%	5%
	Jewish	0%	24%	40%	28%	8%
	Prot	8%	16%	29%	41%	6%
	Other	3%	19%	37%	33%	8%
Income	< $50K	12%	17%	25%	38%	7%
	$50K- $100K	4%	16%	34%	41%	4%
	$100K- $150K	7%	18%	28%	43%	4%
	$150K+	5%	15%	28%	46%	7%
Q35. Are you inclined to vote for candidates that agree with President Obama, disagree with President Obama or does whether or not a candidate agrees with the President not matter in your voting decision?
		Agree with Obama	Disagree with Obama	Does not matter	Don't know/No opinion
	Registered Voters	17%	21%	59%	3%
	Likely Voters	17%	25%	57%	1%
Party	Dem	33%	6%	59%	2%
	Rep	6%	35%	56%	2%
	Ind/ Other	13%	25%	62%	1%
County	Nassau	17%	20%	60%	3%
	Suffolk	18%	22%	57%	2%
Vote Choice	Cuomo	25%	6%	68%	2%
	Paladino	4%	54%	40%	2%
Gender	M	16%	24%	57%	3%
	F	18%	19%	61%	2%
Age	Under 55	16%	20%	62%	2%
	55 and older	20%	24%	54%	3%
Ethnicity	White	14%	25%	59%	2%
	Afr Amer /Black	33%	1%	63%	3%
	Non- White	32%	3%	64%	2%
Religion	Cath	12%	28%	59%	2%
	Jewish	27%	13%	59%	2%
	Prot	19%	18%	61%	2%
	Other	25%	16%	59%	0%
Income	< $50K	29%	15%	53%	4%
	$50K- $100K	18%	20%	61%	1%
	$100K- $150K	14%	19%	66%	1%
	$150K+	15%	32%	53%	0%

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