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Most New Yorkers say state, governor on right track

by on January 16th, 2012

A new Siena college poll finds that a narrow majority of New Yorkers — 51% — think the state is on the right track.  That compares with 56% who think the nation as a whole is on the wrong track.

The relatively up-beat mood in the Empire state is great news for Andrew Cuomo.  The governor is currently polling at a remarkable 73%.  He outpolls Barack Obama by fourteen points.

53% of New Yorkers support the idea of expanding casino gambling.  74% want campaign finance reform.  Just 49% support the idea of spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to jump start the economy in western New York.

Read the full poll here.

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4 Comments on “Most New Yorkers say state, governor on right track”

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  1. Pete Klein says:
    January 16, 2012 at 10:50 am

    I would guess most if not all of the 51% who don’t support western NY are not from western NY.

  2. Walker says:
    January 16, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    “53% of New Yorkers support the idea of expanding casino gambling. 74% want campaign finance reform.”

    But what do you want to bet that casino gambling happens, and campaign finance reform doesn’t?

  3. knuckleheadedliberal says:
    January 17, 2012 at 8:17 am

    Cuomo says he’s going to be the lobbyist for the children, the voice for the students. Okay, please let us know where the voice is coming from. Where did Cuomo go to school? Where did his children go to school? Where do his friends’ and aides’ children go to school?

  4. dbw says:
    January 17, 2012 at 11:51 am

    Our schoolchildren already have great advocates–their teachers. Many of them put in long, long hours and spend money out of pocket for their classrooms. If Governor Cuomo really wants to fix our schools, he can create programs that fixes society at large. The fact is that more children than ever before are coming school not ready to learn. Thus poor test scores and school performance. While some are able to overcome poverty, single family homes, or a mentally ill, drug or alcohol impaired parents, many children can not and do not. It’s time the Governor stopped demonizing the education system and started tackling the real causes of declining test scores, etc.

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