N.Y. poll: Hillary, not Cuomo, for prez
A majority of voters surveyed picked Clinton over Cuomo.
By TIM MAK | 7/25/12 6:35 AM EDT
New York voters like the job Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doing in Albany, but a majority think Hillary Clinton would make a better president than he, according to a new Quinnipiac poll out Wednesday.
Cuomo has a sky-high 73 percent approval rating, and only 16 percent of those surveyed disapprove of his tenure as governor. The wide approval includes thumbs-up from 69 percent of Republicans, only 19 percent of whom disapprove of Cuomo’s performance.
But Empire State voters believe, 61 percent to 34 percent, that Clinton would make a better president than Cuomo, according to the survey.
Indeed, only 36 percent of New York state voters want Cuomo to run for president in 2016, compared to 39 percent who say he shouldn’t run; 40 percent say he’d make a good president, compared to 30 percent who say he would not.
“New York voters don’t accept ‘father knows best’ when it comes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for President in 2016. Former governor and current First Father Mario Cuomo has floated the idea, but New Yorkers clearly aren’t ready to talk yet about Andrew Cuomo and the White House in the same breath,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
On the other hand, New York state voters believe, 61 percent to 34 percent, that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would make a good president.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama continues to beat former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential race among New York State voters: Obama leads Romney 55 percent to 32 percent.
The Quinnipiac survey was conducted July 17-23, with a sample of 1,779 New York state voters and a margin of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-york-state/release-detail?ReleaseID=1779
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