Siena Poll: Two-Thirds of New Yorkers Reject GOP Control of the Senate
By Mike Connery on 08/18/2010 @ 03:24 PM
The latest poll from Siena College shows an anti-incumbent mood in New York directed primarily at upstate Republicans and the Party of No.
According to the poll's findings, 67% of New Yorkers reject a GOP-controlled Senate, preferring to see the Democrats make gains in the chamber (33%) or see the Senate remain closely divided (34%) among the parties. Anti-incumbent sentiment was directed primarily at upstate Republicans, where 58% of voters preferred "someone else" to their current representative, vs. 52% in the suburbs and just 43% in New York City.
Stan Greenberg of Siena puts the numbers into perspective:
“Republicans and independent voters are much more negative toward their incumbent senators than are Democrats, and upstaters and downstate suburban voters are much more negative than are voters in New York City."
This is the third poll from Siena to show that New Yorkers are overwhelmingly ready to kick Republican incumbents out of office. This poll is the latest in a string of bad news for Republicans, including lackluster fundraising numbers, a small and underwhelming class of candidates, and a particularly vicious and divisive primary battle in SD-40.
New Yorkers remember well what four decades of Republican deals, deficits and dysfunction did to our state. They don't want to return to the bad-old-days and are ready to empower Democrats to continue our work of reforming Albany.
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