New Yorkers really are tough — to please!
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s favorability rating has sunk lower than President Donald Trump’s amongst likely Empire State voters, a newly released Siena College poll shows.
Only 34% of likely New York voters said they had a favorable opinion of the Democratic governor, compared with 39% Trump.
The poll conducted last week also had Hochul’s unfavorability rating at 54%, its highest ever, putting her net favorability at -20%. Trump’s net favorability sits at -18%.
“To repeat, Kathy Hochul has a lower net favorability rating in New York than Donald Trump,” Siena poll spokesperson Steve Greenberg emphasized in a statement.
A much higher number of those polled said they didn’t know or didn’t have an opinion of Hochul, 12%, compared to only 4% for Trump.
Still, Hochul’s numbers have continued to tank lower and lower, even despite a popular move to scrap congestion pricing, a primetime appearance at the Democratic National Convention and a widely publicized effort to try and boost Democrats on the ballot this year.
Those Dems on the ballot can breathe a sigh of relief that Hochul’s polling malaise hasn’t rubbed off on them.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) both hold significant leads over their Republican opponents in New York, according to the Siena survey.
55% of the likely New York voters polled said they’d pick Harris, over 42% who said they’d pick Trump in a head to head matchup.
“New Yorkers trust Harris more than Trump on abortion, democracy and the economy, and trust them equally on immigration,” Greenberg noted.
The poll was put into the field beginning Sept. 11, a day after Trump and Harris faced off in what will likely be their only debate before election day.
“A plurality of voters, 43%, said the debate between Trump and Harris did not affect their vote in November, however, by 37-17% voters say the debate moved them to be more likely to support Harris than Trump,” Greenberg wrote.
Trump held a slight edge in the New York suburban counties of Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, with 50% of respondents saying they’d back him over 48% for Harris.
Gillibrand also appeared bound to clobber her lesser-known Republican challenger, Mike Sapraicone. 54% of respondents said they’d vote for Gillibrand, vying for her third term, over 31% for Sapraicone.
A massive 84% of respondents said they didn’t know or had no opinion of Sapraicone, a former NYPD detective and entrepreneur.