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By Azi Paybarah 11:36am

Q Poll: Property Tax Cap, Same-Sex Marriage Are Popular

Support - Opposition:

79-17 percent support capping property taxes.

56-38 percent support same-sex marriage.

51 percent support independent commission drawing legislative lines

29 percent support a commission with input from legislators drawing lines.

12 percent support lawmakers drawing legislative lines.

55-40 percent support lawmakers disclosing their law firm clients. (That's up from January; 48-42 percent.)

52-41 oppose public financing Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/18/11 11:05pm

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Doug Schoen: ‘A Clear Majority Want Wal-Mart’

If you ask Doug Schoen, today's Quinnpiac poll confirms what he's been saying all along: New York City residents want Wal-Mart.

"A clear majority want Wal-Mart and a very large percentage will shop at Wal-Mart," Schoen told me in an interview this afternoon. "Our polling and Quinnipiac's polling show that."

Schoen's poll from December showed Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/18/11 12:46pm

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Poll: New Yorkers Want a Wal-Mart, Not an Ed Koch Bridge; Partisan Divide on Bike Lanes

Quinnipiac is out with a hodgepodge of numbers on NYC issues:

Wal-Mart

57-36 percent say electeds should allow a Wal-Mart to open here.

68-29 percent say they'd shop there once open.

Last In, First Out

78-16 percent say teacher layoffs should be NOT done based on seniority [corrected].

63-32 percent of union households agree.

Bike Lanes

59-35 percent of GOP say bike Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/16/11 6:07pm

Polls

Why Is Bloomberg Unpopular? ‘It’s the Third Term’ Says Pollster

"What I think" said Quinnipiac pollster Mickey Carroll. "It's the third term."

That's how Carroll explained today's Q poll results showing Bloomberg hitting an 8-year low with voters, with a 51-39 percent job approval rating. "Manhattan is the one place where he's a plus, He's a minus everywhere else," said Carroll.

While Bloomberg's push for a third Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/16/11 12:50pm

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Quinnipiac: Bloomberg Hits Eight-Year Low

"New York City voters disapprove 51 – 39 percent of the job Mayor Michael Bloomberg is doing, his lowest score since a 51 – 37 percent disapproval November 23, 2003" says Quinnipiac, in

By Azi Paybarah 3/15/11 5:10pm

Bloomberg's World

When Bloomberg’s Free Time Becomes a Poll Question

Michael Bloomberg will probably dislike the poll that's coming out tomorrow, not because of what the respondents say, but because of what they were asked.

Among the topics Quinnipiac has been polling about, according to their media advisory, is Bloomberg's "free time" which isn't an issue that has any upside for him.

By Azi Paybarah 2/24/09 4:43pm

Carroll Says Bloomberg Should Be Happy

Quinnipiac pollster Mickey Carroll was in City Hall this morning, saying that despite a measurable dip in his numbers in the Quinnipiac poll this morning, Michael Bloomberg has a lot to be happy about.

By Azi Paybarah 2/24/09 4:26pm

Carroll Says Bloomberg Should Be Happy

By Azi Paybarah 1/26/09 1:58pm

Voters: Kirsten Who?

A Quinnipiac poll (which will be posted here shortly) of 1,047 New York State voters shows that 63 percent of them don’t know enough about Kirsten Gillibrand to have an opinion of her.

Of the remaining New Yorkers, Gillibrand has a favorability-unfavorability rating of 25-10 percent.

Registered Republicans support Gillibrand’s selection as senator Read More

By Azi Paybarah 11/25/08 2:32pm

Poll: Bloomberg Down, But Still Up in Mayor’s Race

Quinnipiac is out with a poll showing Michael Bloomberg’s approval rating is down nine percentage points, but in hypothetical match-ups against his two likely Democratic mayoral rivals, he would win re-election.

The results are very similar to a Marist poll released last week, and both reflect some of the ambivalence New Yorkers seem Read More

By Azi Paybarah 10/21/08 11:53am

Poll: Turning Against Bloomberg’s Plan, But Not Bloomberg

A majority of New Yorkers oppose Michael Bloomberg’s plan to change term limits legislatively, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released today.The poll said New York City voters opposed a legislative change to the law by a 51 to 45 percent margin. Democrats oppose extending term limits, 53 to 43 percent. Independent voters narrowly Read More

By Katharine Jose 5/01/08 3:08pm

Clinton Better Against McCain in Ohio, Florida and Pennsvania

In a poll just released by Quinnipiac University, Hillary Clinton is running ahead of John McCain in Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio—three swing states that, according to electoral lore, are necessary to win the presidency.

The poll also shows McCain would beat Barack Obama in both Florida and Ohio:

FLORIDA: Clinton 49 - McCain 41; McCain Read More

By Azi Paybarah 11/19/07 7:11pm

Poll Spam

Here's part of a release I just received: Results of a Quinnipiac University poll of American voters, asking which of the 2008 presidential hopefuls they would most like to share Thanksgiving dinner with, will be sent to the media Tuesday, 9 A.M.

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Q Poll: Property Tax Cap, Same-Sex Marriage Are Popular

Doug Schoen: ‘A Clear Majority Want Wal-Mart’

Poll: New Yorkers Want a Wal-Mart, Not an Ed Koch Bridge; Partisan Divide on Bike Lanes

Why Is Bloomberg Unpopular? ‘It’s the Third Term’ Says Pollster

Quinnipiac: Bloomberg Hits Eight-Year Low

When Bloomberg’s Free Time Becomes a Poll Question

Carroll Says Bloomberg Should Be Happy

Carroll Says Bloomberg Should Be Happy

Voters: Kirsten Who?

Poll: Bloomberg Down, But Still Up in Mayor’s Race

Poll: Turning Against Bloomberg’s Plan, But Not Bloomberg

Clinton Better Against McCain in Ohio, Florida and Pennsvania

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