Governor - New York (2010)

Governor (2010)
A Siena Research Institute poll; conducted 11/8-12; surveyed 800 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.5% (release, 11/16). Tested: Gov. David Paterson (D), AG Andrew Cuomo (D), ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and '00 SEN nominee/JPMorgan exec. VP/ex-Rep. Rick Lazio (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            All Wht Blk His 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16 6/18 5/21
A. Cuomo     75% 80% 63% 78% 70%   66%  65%  65%  69%  70%
D. Paterson  16  12  31  17  20    20   23   23   16   19
Undec         8   8   6   6  10    14   12   13   15   11

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16
R. Giuliani  56% 37% 84% 58% 55% 56% 56%   52%  56%  57%
D. Paterson  33  53   8  28  33  33  33    35   33   34
Undec        11  10   8  15  12  11  11    13   11    9

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16
A. Cuomo     53% 78% 24% 43% 49% 57% 50%   52%  53%  49%
R. Giuliani  41  18  68  49  46  36  43    39   40   44
Undec         6   3   8   9   6   6   6     9    7    7

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16
R. Lazio     42% 24% 70% 43% 46% 39% 37%   35%  37%  39%
D. Paterson  39  57  17  34  38  40  39    39   38   41
Undec        19  19  13  22  16  21  23    26   25   20

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16
A. Cuomo     67% 89% 42% 59% 63% 71% 66%   64%  66%  65%
R. Lazio     22   7  46  23  27  18  21    18   16   20
Undec        11   5  12  17  10  11  14    18   18   15

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     10/18   9/17
A. Cuomo     70%/20% 81%/10% 59%/31% 62%/24% 67%/20% 66%/21%
R. Giuliani  62 /34  44 /52  85 /12  65 /28  60 /35  56 /38
D. Paterson  33 /56  39 /49  25 /65  33 /56  27 /61  29 /59
R. Lazio     29 /22  23 /25  40 /16  26 /21  23 /27  22 /25
C. Collins   12 / 8   9 /11  16 / 5  12 / 6   n/a     n/a

Elect Paterson?
-               All Dem GOP Ind 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16 6/18
Elect him       17% 19% 13% 17% 15%   14%  15%  17%  15%
Prefer another  69  63  76  69  72    71   68   69   70
Undec           15  17  11  14  13    16   16   13   15

Paterson As Gov.
-               Now 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16 6/18 5/21 4/15 3/18
Excellent/good  21% 19%   18%  23%  22%  20%  18%  18%  19%
Fair/poor       79  79    80   76   77   78   81   81   78

Cuomo As AG
-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Excellent/good  67% 77% 58% 59% 65% 70%
Fair/poor       29  19  39  33  30  26

Would You Prefer To See Cuomo Run For Reelection As AG Or For GOV?
-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/18 9/17 8/20 7/16
For GOV         52% 67% 35% 46% 50% 55% 49%   47%  52%  45%
Reelect as AG   28  20  41  30  32  25  36    34   31   31

Should Cuomo Publicly Declare Now Whether He's Running For AG Or For GOV, Or Does He Have Time To Wait Several Months Before Publicly Announcing?
-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Declare now     33% 34% 32% 33% 31% 35%
Time to wait    52  55  53  47  53  52

Would You Prefer To See Giuliani Run For SEN, GOV, Or Would You Prefer That He Not Run For Either?
-                   All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/18 9/17
For GOV             32% 16% 50% 38% 33% 31% 32%   27%
For SEN             19  18  24  17  18  21  21    24
Not run for either  44  63  18  41  44  44  43    45