Quinnipiac Poll

Cuomo Has 71 Percent Approval Rating

Posted 05.30.2012

Governor Cuomo is continuing his reign as Mr. Popular, as a new poll reveals 71 percent of New Yorkers approving of his performance as governor. Qu...

Florida's Fave Baseball Team?

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.30.2012

It's a common joke that Florida, specifically South Florida, is the sixth borough of New York City, but a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that it...

No Tea Party Rebellion Brewing In Florida

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.24.2012

Florida Rep. Connie Mack has a sizable lead in the state's Republican primary for Senate, and he's evenly matched against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bi...

Should Smoking Be Banned In NYC Apartment Buildings?

Posted 05.11.2012

A majority of New Yorkers want to live in smoke-free apartment buildings, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, but less believe City Hall should outrig...

POLL: NYers OK With NYPD Spying On Muslims, Don't Like Stop And Frisks

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 05.13.2012

Deepti Hajela, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Most city voters think the New York Police Department has been effective in fighting terrorism, and a ...

New Yorkers Support NYPD Despite Scandals

Posted 02.09.2012

Despite the Associated Press' extensive documentation of the NYPD's anti-terror efforts aimed at New York muslim communities--which involved spying an...

Despite It All, Bloomberg And Kelly Get Good Approval Ratings

Posted 12.14.2011

According to a new survey released on Wednesday, New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bloomberg's overall job performance, despite disapproving of his handlin...

Mark Blumenthal

Newt's Hidden Strength Revealed By Polls

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 11.22.2011

WASHINGTON -- Four new national polls show Newt Gingrich edging ahead of Mitt Romney as the first choice among Republicans for their presidential nomi...

Polls Show Bloomberg Has "Lost Focus," But Could See Kelly As Lead In 2013

Posted 12.19.2011

New Yorkers might like Mayor Bloomberg as a person, but 52 percent of voters in a recent poll say the Mayor has "lost focus" during his third term in ...

New York To Get Casinos? Cuomo And Polls Say Yes

Posted 11.21.2011

New Yorkers ready to roll the dice? According to a new poll conducted by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 56 percent of New York state are...

New Yorkers Not Happy With Obama

Posted 10.12.2011

For the first time during his presidency, President Barack Obama has received a negative score from the voters of New York. New York State voters d...

Mark Blumenthal

Likely Voters: How Statewide Pollsters Choose Them

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Six years ago, I spent much of late October writing about how pollsters screen, model and otherwise select the "likely voters" they inte...

Paterson's Poll Numbers Up

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A new poll shows the percentage of New York voters who say scandal-plagued Gov. David Paterson should serve out his term...

New York Democrats Prefer Cuomo To Paterson By A 3-1 Margin: Poll

newsday.com | Henry Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

New York Democrats prefer Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to Gov. David A. Paterson next year by a 3-1 margin, while blacks favor Cuomo 2 to 1 over the...

Connecticut's Game of Campaign Musical Chairs: Everyone Please Move up One Space

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 05.25.2011

Suzanne Langlois

Connecticut's game of campaign musical chairs was set in motion by Governor Jodi Rell's decision to not seek reelection in 2010.

While You Were Out -- A Little Pink Memo to Senator Lieberman

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 05.25.2011

Suzanne Langlois

Senator Lieberman, since I am not able speak to you in person, I'd like to leave this little pink memo ... perhaps one of your staff would be kind eno...

Little Gordon Gekkos

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Collins

The worst news from Albany is that things are exactly what they seem. With the obvious exception of a virtuous minority, the people who serve are there out of greed, and greed of the most depressingly base nature.

Poll: New York State Government Broken

Posted 05.25.2011

A Quinnipiac Poll released today reveals that a large majority of New Yorkers believe that the state government is the worst or among the worst in the...

Sam Stein

Dodd's Numbers Tank But Dems Not Yet Too Nervous

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Poll numbers out on Thursday provide another bad chapter in what has become an awful few months for Sen. Chris Dodd. The long-serving Connecticut Demo...

Dodd Trails Challenger In Latest Poll

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

A new Quinnipiac University Poll shows U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd facing a tough re-election bid in 2010 if his challenger is former Republican U.S. R...

Obama and the Jews -- The Smear Campaign That Didn't Work

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

Sources close to the Obama campaign told me that they have seen a "marked shift in the past month or so" from Jews who had questions about Obama. Those concerns have now been resolved.

Quinnipiac Poll: Obama Leads By 9 Points

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

"With commanding leads among women and young voters and near unanimous support from black voters, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has a 50 - 41 percent lea...

Unity: Not Exactly Woodstock '69, But Close

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Beverly Davis

It's the season premiere 2008 general election campaign. The music will be blaring, the crowd jumping, the loudspeakers booming. But the real story is that Democratic "unity" is well under way.