| NY-Gov should be completely uninteresting for most poll junkies by now - another day, another poll showing Paterson getting creamed by Cuomo.
Quinnipiac (HTML - June 16-21, registered voters)
David Paterson: 20%
Andrew Cuomo: 57%
MoE: +3%
Here's the slightly more newsworthy bit - Sen. Gillibrand is behind Rep. Carolyn Maloney for the 2010 Senate nomination:
Quinnipiac (HTML - June 16-21, registered voters)
Kirsten Gillibrand: 23%
Carolyn Maloney: 27%
Jonathan Tasini: 4%
Don't Know:: 44%
MoE: +3%
Don't Know still winds in a landslide, naturally - but I'm wondering what is keeping Gillibrand's numbers so far in the pits, considering that she's fairly smoothly transitioned from upstate conservative Democrat to the liberal New York mainstream. My thought was a sort of "throw the bums out" mentality, considering how badly Paterson is doing.
The fav/unfav of Gillibrand and Maloney are pretty similar - not many people have heard enough about them yet to really form an opinion one way or the other.
Gillibrand's, among Democrats:
Favorable: 29%
Unfavorable: 8%
Haven't Heard Enough 63%
And Maloney's, among Democrats
Favorable: 34%
Unfavorable: 2%
Haven't Heard Enough 63%
I think Gillibrand will be fine in the primary in the end. I don't know that any of the attacks from the downstate Democrats will necessarily stick as her voting record in the Senate gets fleshed out over the next year or so, and Upstate Democrats adore her, so she really just has to win a plurality of the NYC vote to carry the primary (or even a close second).
Bonus question from the Q-poll:
DavidNYC's favorables, among Democrats:
Favorable: 63%
Unfavorable: 10%
Haven't Heard Enough 27%
Obviously DavidNYC should be the Democratic Party's choice for this one. Peter Fucking King stands no chance. |
