Survey Says

Obama's NY Numbers Are Rising: Siena

Siena pollster Steven Greenberg:

“President Obama’s favorability rating, 63-34 percent, hit its highest level since January 2010,” Greenberg said. “The boost came largely from independent, suburban and younger voters. Similarly, the percentage of voters wanting to see him re-elected next year is up to 52 percent, the highest level since Siena started asking Read More

Poll: Spitzer Down, Relatively Speaking

After an onslaught of ads attacking his health care spending plan, Eliot Spitzer’s favorability rating has dropped from 74 percent last month to 62 this month, according to a new Siena poll.

Siena pollster Steven Greenberg also had this to say about what might happen to those numbers if the governor’s first budget Read More

They Like How Spitzer’s Doing

The public sided with Eliot Spitzer over the legislature in the comptroller controversy, according to a Siena poll out today.

Here’s the snappy analysis:

“Spitzer’s popularity continues to steamroll along with the public, with nearly three-quarters of New York voters – including 61 percent of Republicans – having a favorable view of the Governor,” said Read More

Siena: Can’t Call Comptroller Race

Today’s Siena poll has Alan Hevesi and Chris Callaghan in a statistical dead heat.

Hevesi’s 39 to 35% lead is within the 4% margin of error for the poll, for which 500 likely voters were surveyed. This is a little different from the latest NY1/Newsday poll of 1,502 registered voters, “of Read More

Tied for Pirro's Base

Today’s Siena poll shows 59 percent of likely Republican voters have a favorable view of Democrat Eliot Spitzer.

Andrew Cuomo and Jeanine Pirro are tied “47-47 percent in her downstate suburban base,” pollster Steven Greenberg said.

Hillary Clinton is crushing John Spencer 62-33 percent.

And State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who leads his challenger Read More