Poll: Gillibrand leads GOP rivals
New York State Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is a sponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which she said is expected to come to a vote "in the coming weeks." (Aug. 24, 2011) Credit: Howard Schnapp
ALBANY -- A new poll shows most New York Republicans have yet to settle on a primary candidate to face Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the general election.
The Siena College poll yesterday also shows Gillibrand with more than 2-to-1 leads among registered voters over all three possible Republican candidates.
The Republicans running in a June 26 primary to face Gillibrand are New York City lawyer Wendy Long, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos and Rep. Bob Turner.
Siena found 67 percent of Republicans remain undecided. Fifteen percent said they would vote for Turner, 12 percent for Long and 6 percent for Maragos.
The poll also found:
President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by 20 percentage points, 57 percent to 37 percent, down from last month's 60 percent to 35 percent.
Gov Andrew M. Cuomo continues to be viewed favorably by more than two-thirds of voters; 68 percent viewed him favorably and 24 percent unfavorably (down from 73 percent and 22 percent last month).
Both the state Senate and Assembly have the highest favorability ratings they've had in the three plus years Siena has been asking about the houses of the Legislature -- 46 percent for the Senate and 42 percent for the Assembly..
Both Occupy Wall Street and the tea party are viewed negatively by a majority of voters. The tea party has a negative 30-58 percentfavorability rating and Occupy Wall Street has a negative 38-52 percent rating.
Voters are divided on creating a system of public campaign financing with 40 percent supporting it and 36 percent opposing it.
Voters oppose, by a 65-21 percent margin, increasing state legislators' pay.
Pollsters called 766 New York registered voters May 6-10. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Among the 205 Republicans polled, there is a margin of error of plus or minus 6.8 percentage points.
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Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
