House - NY-23 (2009)

House (2009)
A Basswood Research (R) poll; conducted 10/24-25 for the Club For Growth; surveyed 300 LVs; margin of error +/- 5.7% (release, 10/26). Tested: Accountant Doug Hoffman (C), atty Bill Owens (D) and Assemb. Dede Scozzafava (R).

General Election Matchup
D. Hoffman     31%
B. Owens       27
D. Scozzafava  20
Undec          22

A Daily Kos poll; conducted 10/19-21 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 10/23). Party ID breakdown: 42%R, 32%D, 26%I. Tested: Hoffman, Owens and Scozzafava.

General Election Matchup
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. Owens       35% 60% 18% 32% 31% 39%
D. Scozzafava  30  16  46  22  28  32
D. Hoffman     23   8  27  35  28  18
Undec          12  16   9  11  13  11

(If Hoffman) Which Candidate Would Be Your Second Choice?
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
D. Scozzafava   9%  3% 13%  5%  7% 12%   
B. Owens        3   6   1   3   3   3
Won't vote     26  18  21  35  29  22
Undec          62  73  65  57  61  63

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
B. Obama       53%/39% 83%/11% 28%/63% 57%/35% 49%/44% 57%/34%
C. Schumer     49 /42  79 /13  24 /65  53 /41  45 /47  53 /37
D. Scozzafava  38 /35  26 /48  49 /23  36 /39  35 /38  41 /32
B. Owens       33 /24  52 /10  21 /37  30 /20  30 /28  36 /20
D. Hoffman     27 /19  14 /27  32 /15  35 /16  30 /17  24 /21
D. Paterson    26 /57  50 /34   9 /74  24 /58  24 /60  28 /54
K. Gillibrand  24 /18  39 / 8  14 /27  22 /17  22 /19  26 /17