June 1, 2011 - New Yorkers, Even GOP, Like Everything About Cuomo, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Approve Of Obama And Say 2-1 Four More Years Word format New York State voters approve 61 - 18 percent of the job Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doing and by almost identical margins they like him personally and like most of his policies, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Even Republicans approve 59 - 22 percent. No matter what they think of his policies, voters say 61 - 13 percent, including 59 - 19 percent among Republicans, that they like Gov. Cuomo as a person, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. And no matter what they think of him as a person, voters say 61 - 23 percent, including 61 - 29 percent among Republicans, that they like most of his policies. Looking at other measures of Cuomo's success: Voters approve 57 - 30 percent of the way he is handling the state budget; Voters say 61 - 21 percent that Cuomo has been successful getting his policies passed by the State Legislature; Cuomo has been accessible enough to the news media, voters say 52 - 38 percent. Cuomo is doing the right thing traveling the state to build public support for his proposals, 64 percent of voters say, while 28 percent say he should stay in Albany and work with legislators. "Talk about a clean sweep! There's not a single negative number for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He even gets a positive score, almost 2-1, on that bugaboo that haunts most elected officials, the budget," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "New Yorkers like him personally and they like his policies. Voters even say 40 - 32 percent that Gov. Cuomo has broken with Albany's time-honored decision making by 'three men in a room' and opened up the process to other legislators." "Did he win in the Legislature? Big. Are his travels with power-point messages a good thing? You bet. Only on accessibility is there a smidgin of negativity," Carroll added. New York State voters approve 42 - 39 percent of the job their local State Assembly member is doing and approve 51 - 34 percent of the job their state senator is doing. Voters still disapprove 62 - 25 percent of the job the State Legislature is doing. "The good feeling about Cuomo may be spilling over to other Albany players," Carroll said. "Overall the Legislature's job-approval marks are lousy, as usual. But New Yorkers like their own Assembly member and state senator." Obama, Gillibrand Approval New York State voters approve 60 - 35 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, his highest score since February 19, 2009, one month after inauguration. Independent voters split 47 - 47 percent, while Democrats approve 89 - 7 percent and Republicans disapprove 76 - 19 percent. Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, voters say 57 - 36 percent that President Obama deserves reelection and pick him 55 - 27 percent over an unnamed Republican opponent. "This deep-blue state always has given President Barack Obama positive marks. Now he's back in that 60-percent range. New Yorkers also say that he deserves reelection and that they'd vote for him in 2012." U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gets a 53 - 22 percent approval rating, near her 54 - 20 percent all-time high in a February 23 survey. Voters approve 60 - 28 percent of the job Sen. Charles Schumer is doing. From May 24 - 30, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,257 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and the nation as a public service and for research. For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or follow us on Twitter. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Andrew Cuomo is handling his job as Governor? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk Approve 61% 59% 66% 57% 62% 60% 64% 49% Disapprove 18 22 18 15 20 16 17 31 DK/NA 21 19 17 28 18 24 19 20 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 63% 57% 65% 61% Disapprove 18 21 12 23 DK/NA 18 22 23 16 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Andrew Cuomo is handling his job as Governor? Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 2011 2011 2011 Approve 61 64 56 Disapprove 18 16 15 DK/NA 21 21 29 2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Charles Schumer is handling his job as United States Senator? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Approve 60% 44% 75% 49% 61% 59% Disapprove 28 49 13 35 30 26 DK/NA 12 7 11 16 8 15 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 57% 66% 55% 66% Disapprove 31 21 36 26 DK/NA 12 13 9 8 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Charles Schumer is handling his job as United States Senator? (*High app also 69% Oct 2001) APPROVE....... DIS... High Low High Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Jan 27 Dec 08 Apr 15 Jul 28 2011 2011 2011 2011 2004* 1999 2010 Approve 60 55 60 57 69 51 55 Disapprove 28 32 26 24 16 22 33 DK/NA 12 13 14 18 15 28 12 3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Kirsten Gillibrand is handling her job as United States Senator? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Approve 53% 44% 62% 43% 52% 53% Disapprove 22 35 12 28 25 19 DK/NA 25 22 25 28 23 27 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 55% 50% 54% 54% Disapprove 23 21 22 22 DK/NA 22 30 23 24 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Kirsten Gillibrand is handling her job as United States Senator? APPROVE....... High Low Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Jan 27 Sep 01 Feb 23 Feb 17 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2011 2009 Approve 53 49 54 48 46 54 28 Disapprove 22 26 20 21 27 20 10 DK/NA 25 26 26 31 27 26 62 4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk Approve 60% 19% 89% 47% 58% 61% 50% 93% Disapprove 35 76 7 47 38 32 46 1 DK/NA 5 4 4 6 4 7 4 6 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 51% 69% 58% 64% Disapprove 43 26 38 34 DK/NA 6 5 5 2 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President? APPROVE...... High Low Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Jan 27 Dec 08 Feb 19 Dec 08 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009 2010 Approve 60 54 53 53 48 72 48 Disapprove 35 42 41 40 43 17 43 DK/NA 5 4 6 7 9 10 9 5. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the state legislature is handling its job? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Approve 25% 26% 31% 16% 21% 29% Disapprove 62 66 55 70 71 55 DK/NA 12 8 14 14 8 16 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 23% 25% 30% 21% Disapprove 65 61 61 67 DK/NA 12 15 9 12 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way the state legislature is handling its job? APPROVE...... DIS... High Low High Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Sep 01 Apr 04 Sep 01 Jun 23 2011 2011 2011 2010 2007 2010 2010 Approve 25 29 20 15 34 15 16 Disapprove 62 58 65 75 43 75 76 DK/NA 12 13 15 9 23 9 7 6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way your state assembly member is handling their job? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Approve 42% 50% 44% 34% 41% 43% Disapprove 39 39 37 41 44 34 DK/NA 19 11 19 25 15 23 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 40% 41% 47% 46% Disapprove 39 41 35 37 DK/NA 21 18 18 17 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way your state assembly member is handling their job? Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Dec 20 Aug 11 Jun 17 2011 2011 2011 2005 2004 2004 Approve 42 41 35 55 48 54 Disapprove 39 40 42 22 26 24 DK/NA 19 19 22 15 19 17 7. Do you approve or disapprove of the way your state senator is handling their job? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Approve 51% 48% 57% 40% 48% 53% Disapprove 34 40 27 41 39 29 DK/NA 16 11 16 18 13 18 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 50% 49% 54% 54% Disapprove 37 33 31 33 DK/NA 13 18 15 13 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way your state senator is handling their job? Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Dec 20 Aug 11 Jun 17 2011 2011 2011 2005 2004 2004 Approve 51 49 49 63 54 58 Disapprove 34 36 32 22 27 25 DK/NA 16 15 18 15 19 17 8. In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in New York State today? Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Very satisfied 3% 2% 4% 2% 3% 4% Smwht satisfied 34 29 46 23 31 38 Smwht dissatisfied 32 31 30 39 34 31 Very dissatisfied 29 38 19 34 32 26 DK/NA 1 - 1 2 1 2 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Very satisfied 2% 4% 4% 4% Smwht satisfied 35 36 31 30 Smwht dissatisfied 27 35 38 36 Very dissatisfied 36 24 25 29 DK/NA 1 2 2 - TREND: In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in New York State today? Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied? VERY+SMWHT SAT High Low Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Jan 26 Dec 08 Feb 25 Jun 23 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 1998 2010 Very satisfied 3 2 2 2 2 13 1 Smwht satisfied 34 32 29 26 23 60 18 Smwht dissatisfied 32 34 34 37 31 20 33 Very dissatisfied 29 31 33 33 42 7 47 DK/NA 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 9. Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President... If the 2012 election for President were being held today, do you think you would vote for Barack Obama the Democratic candidate, or for the Republican candidate? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Obama 55% 10% 87% 42% 53% 57% Republican 27 76 3 29 30 24 DEPENDS ON CAND(VOL) 11 10 5 20 11 12 DK/NA 7 4 5 10 6 7 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Obama 46% 66% 51% 61% Republican 33 17 32 22 DEPENDS ON CAND(VOL) 14 9 12 8 DK/NA 7 7 5 8 10. Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President... Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes/Deserves 57% 14% 88% 44% 56% 59% No/Does not 36 81 8 47 40 33 DK/NA 6 5 3 9 4 8 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Yes/Deserves 48% 69% 54% 62% No/Does not 44 27 39 34 DK/NA 8 4 7 4 11. Regardless of how you feel about Andrew Cuomo's policies, would you say you like or don't like Andrew Cuomo as a person? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Like 61% 59% 68% 53% 65% 58% Don't Like 13 19 11 13 14 13 DK/NA 26 23 21 34 22 29 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Like 62% 58% 64% 64% Don't Like 11 16 11 15 DK/NA 27 25 25 21 12. And regardless of how you feel about Andrew Cuomo as a person, would you say you like or don't like most of Andrew Cuomo's policies? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Like 61% 61% 64% 59% 65% 58% Don't Like 23 29 22 21 23 23 DK/NA 16 9 14 20 11 19 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Like 64% 58% 63% 58% Don't Like 22 24 23 28 DK/NA 14 18 13 13 13. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Andrew Cuomo is handling the state budget? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Approve 57% 62% 55% 57% 62% 52% Disapprove 30 28 30 31 29 31 DK/NA 13 10 14 13 9 17 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Approve 63% 51% 58% 52% Disapprove 25 35 29 37 DK/NA 12 14 13 11 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Andrew Cuomo is handling the state budget? Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 2011 2011 2011 Approve 57 57 57 Disapprove 30 29 28 DK/NA 13 14 16 14. In general, do you think Governor Cuomo has been successful in getting his policies passed by the state legislature or not? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes 61% 62% 63% 57% 63% 60% No 21 20 18 25 22 20 DK/NA 18 18 18 18 16 21 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Yes 61% 58% 67% 62% No 19 26 15 23 DK/NA 21 16 18 15 15. Historically, the Governor, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Assembly Speaker have made all the big decisions in Albany with little input from state legislators. Do you think that with Andrew Cuomo as governor - The three men in a room approach to decision making has continued or other legislators have been more involved in decision making? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 3 men continued 32% 32% 31% 33% 39% 26% Others involved 40 42 42 38 39 42 DK/NA 28 26 28 30 23 32 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds 3 men continued 38% 27% 30% 40% Others involved 34 45 43 36 DK/NA 28 28 27 24 16. Do you think Governor Cuomo has been accessible enough to the news media or do you think he should be more accessible to the news media? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Accessible enough 52% 58% 50% 48% 55% 49% More accessible 38 33 40 43 37 39 DK/NA 10 9 10 9 8 12 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Accessible enough 57% 42% 60% 52% More accessible 33 49 30 40 DK/NA 10 10 10 7 17. Governor Cuomo has been traveling around the state to build public support for his legislative proposals. Do you think Cuomo has been doing the right thing by traveling to build public support for his legislative proposals or do you think it would be better if he stayed in Albany and worked with legislators? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Doing right thing 64% 62% 67% 61% 68% 61% Should stay Albany 28 31 26 31 28 28 DK/NA 7 7 7 8 4 10 Union UpStat NYC Sub HsHlds Doing right thing 68% 58% 69% 61% Should stay Albany 25 34 25 34 DK/NA 7 8 6 5
