Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 11 points in Wisconsin, six points in both Arizona and Pennsylvania, and three points in Florida — all states that Trump carried in 2016 — in the final four New York Times/Siena College polls of likely voters before Election Day. […]
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New Yorkers tell Siena Poll: “We’re more partisan than ever”
Wide-ranging poll asks New Yorkers to describe their attitudes about partisanship in the news media, on social networks and in their own circles of friends and family Sixty-five percent of New Yorkers say that people in the U.S. are more partisan or politically divided than ever before, according to a […]
In new Siena poll, voters say most recent legislative session puts NY on the ‘right track’
By a 51-to-39 percent margin, New Yorkers say Andrew Cuomo has made New York a better place to live in his nine years as governor. Yet, Cuomo’s favorability rating, negative 43-to-50 percent (down from 52-to-42 percent in June), matches his lowest-ever favorability rating, and his job performance rating 34-to-64 […]
In new poll, voters identify “heroes” and “villains” in Amazon HQ debacle
By a 67-to-21 percent margin, New Yorkers say that Amazon cancelling its planned second headquarters in Queens was bad for New York. By as nearly as large a margin, 61-to-30 percent, they support the deal in which Amazon would receive up to $3 billion in state and city incentives and […]
Experts rank best and worst presidents (guess where Trump lands)
For the sixth time since its inception in 1982, the Siena College Research Institute’s Survey of U.S. Presidents finds that experts rank Franklin D. Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as the United States’ top five chief executives. The 157 participating presidential scholars for the first […]
By the numbers: Faso-Delgado locked in dead heat for 19th Congressional District
Freshman Republican Representative John Faso and his Democratic opponent Antonio Delgado are locked in a dead heat just two weeks before Election Day – separated by a single point. Forty-four percent of likely voters support Faso, 43 percent support Delgado, six percent are with a third-party candidate, and seven percent […]
With five weeks to go, Cuomo leads Molinaro 50-28 percent
Majority of voters say Cuomo would be better than Molinaro on three issues: improving public education, fixing New York’s infrastructure and creating jobs Plurality of upstate voters say Molinaro would be better on the challenges facing that region Incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo leads Republican challenger Marc Molinaro 50-to-28 percent in […]
Cynthia Nixon’s hope may lie to Gov. Cuomo’s left, experts say
The most recent Siena Poll shows that actress Cynthia Nixon faces an uphill battle in her bid to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, largely because she doesn’t have the name recognition to win in a primary against the incumbent. In a poll of 772 registered voters in New York, Nixon received […]