Polls: Gillibrand Loses to Thompson, Giuliani

ALBANY—Two polls released today attempt to parse Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s political standing, and offer somewhat different findings with the same basic message: she’s not that strong.

The first question pollsters examined was whether the senator could survive a primary—most all of the Democrats who had pondered running against her, including Jon Cooper, have since Read More

Carroll Explains the Unimportance of the Term-Limits Question

Quinnipiac pollster (and former New York Times bureau chief) Mickey Carroll, is out with a new poll today about Michael Bloomberg. (Tomorrow, the public advocate and comptroller candidates!).

Here’s Carroll explaining why he doesn’t ask about a certain, well-worn topic anymore.

“In the past, we have asked about the third-term business. People did not like Read More