Polls

Kennedy Top Choice for New York Democrats

| Tom Jensen

Header-poll-resultsTopline results are below. Full results, including crosstabs, can be found here.

Q1 With Hillary Clinton becoming Secretary of
State, Governor David Paterson will have the
opportunity to appoint her replacement. Some
of the names being mentioned most
prominently are Caroline Kennedy, Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo, Congresswoman
Kirsten Gillibrand, Nassau County Executive
Tom Suozzi, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown,
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney,
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, and
Congressman Brian Higgins. Which of these
candidates would be your top choice for
Governor Paterson to appoint to replace
Senator Clinton? If Caroline Kennedy would
be your top choice, press 1. If Andrew Cuomo,
press 2. If Kirsten Gillibrand, press 3. If Tom
Suozzi, press 4. If Byron Brown, press 5. If
Carolyn Maloney, press 6. If Nydia Velazquez,
press 7. If Brian Higgins, press 8. If you’re not
sure or think someone else should be
appointed, press 9.
Kennedy……………… 44%
Cuomo ……………….. 23%
Gillibrand…………….. 6%
Suozzi ………………… 3%
Brown ………………… 3%
Maloney ……………… 3%
Velazquez …………… 4%
Higgins……………….. 5%
Not Sure/Someone
Else…………………….8%

Q2 Which of those candidates would be your
second choice for Governor Paterson to
appoint to replace Senator Clinton? If Caroline
Kennedy would be your second choice, press
1. If Andrew Cuomo, press 2. If Kirsten
Gillibrand, press 3. If Tom Suozzi, press 4. If
Byron Brown, press 5. If Carolyn Maloney,
press 6. If Nydia Velazquez, press 7. If Brian
Higgins, press 8. If you’re not sure or think
someone else should be appointed, press 9.
Kennedy…………………………………………………. 24%
Cuomo …………………………………………………… 35%
Gillibrand………………………………………………… 4%
Suozzi ……………………………………………………. 4%
Brown ……………………………………………………. 5%
Maloney …………………………………………………. 9%
Velazquez ………………………………………………. 6%
Higgins…………………………………………………… 5%
Not Sure/Someone Else …………………………… 9%

Q3 Do you approve or disapprove of Governor
David Paterson’s job performance? If you
approve, press 1. If you disapprove, press 2.
If you’re not sure, press 3.
Approve …………………………………………………. 68%
Disapprove……………………………………………… 9%
Not Sure…………………………………………………. 23%

Q4 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Caroline Kennedy? If favorable, press 1. If
unfavorable, press 2. If you’re not sure, press
3.
Favorable……………………………………………….. 75%
Unfavorable ……………………………………………. 11%
Not Sure…………………………………………………. 14%

Q5 Do you approve or disapprove of Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo’s job performance? If
you approve, press 1. If you disapprove, press
2. If you’re not sure, press 3.
Approve …………………………………………………. 76%
Disapprove……………………………………………… 9%
Not Sure…………………………………………………. 15%

Q6 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Kirsten Gillibrand? If favorable, press 1. If
unfavorable, press 2. If you’re not sure, press
3.
Favorable……………………………………………….. 19%
Unfavorable ……………………………………………. 12%
Not Sure…………………………………………………. 69%

Q7 If you are a woman, press 1, if a man, press 2.
Women ………………. 60% Men……………………. 40%

Q8 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If a
Republican, press 2. If other, press 3.
Democrat ……………………………………………….. 100%
Republican……………………………………………… 0%
Other……………………………………………………… 0%

Q9 If you are white, press 1. If you are African
American, press 2. If you are Hispanic, press
3. If other, press 4.
White …………………. 69%
African American …. 16%
Hispanic ……………… 11%
Other………………….. 4%

Q10 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1 now. If
you are 30 to 45, press 2. If you are 46 to 65,
press 3. If older than 65, press 4.
18-29………………….. 9%
30-45………………….. 12%
46-65………………….. 43%
Older than 65………. 36%

Related Polls