From PPP
When it comes to whether they would prefer to see Kennedy or Andrew Cuomo
appointed, 58% now prefer Cuomo to 27% for Kennedy. Cuomo is favored by 65% of
Republicans, 59% of independents, and 54% of Democrats. A PPP survey conducted a
month ago showed Cuomo as the top choice for just 23% of Democrats, compared to
44% who wanted Kennedy.“When Caroline Kennedy was first mentioned as a possible Senate appointee there was a
lot of enthusiasm among New York Democrats about her,” said Dean Debnam, President
of Public Policy Polling. “Her reputation has taken a pretty clear hit over the last month,
and if Governor Paterson does end up appointing her she’s going to have some work to
do to overcome this bad first impression she’s made on New York voters.”57% of New Yorkers view Andrew Cuomo favorably with just 20% having an
unfavorable opinion of him. For Kennedy the numbers are 44% favorable and 40%
unfavorable.PPP surveyed 700 New York voters on January 3rd and 4th. The survey’s margin of error
is +/-3.7%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce
additional error that is more difficult to quantify.
http://www.publicpolicypolling…
EDIT:
New York State voters have cooled on Caroline Kennedy and more voters now prefer State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo 31 – 24 percent for Hillary Clinton’s U.S. Senate seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney gets 6 percent, with 5 percent for U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, 2 percent for U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, 18 percent for someone else and 14 percent undecided.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x128…
The most striking thing in this poll to me is the lowering of Kennedy’s favorable from a previous poll, and the rapid increase in Cuomo’s favorables and choice of New Yorkers’ of him as the next Senator.
Doesn’t this mean that Patterson should move quickly to appoint, given that he has interviewed about 15 people and because the public is so far in one person’s corner.
EDIT: Also look at the q poll which shows a smaller margin.
Or is Cuomo not the right person?
He’s the only vote that decides this. Why hasn’t there been any polling released to compare Caroline to these 15 other people? Is Cuomo even one of those people? Can Paterson really ignore public opinion at this point anymore?
What about this Quinnipiac poll, showing Cuomo with only 31%? You can't just cherry-pick one poll to prove your point (especially in the case of PPP which doesn't use an apples-to-apples comparison in this particular poll).
He’s a safe choice.
Famous names aside, both blow. Kudos to Caroline on coming out for gay marriage but she doesn’t pass the smell test. As for Cuomo, he’s just a prick.
According to the other poll done at this time, CK’s approvals were 60%-30%.
Also, the huge shift you away from Kennedy and toward Cuomo you see in the polling numbers is because PPP went from polling Democrats only to polling New York as a whole. Seriously? You didn’t catch that? I mean, you did a diary on the poll.