NY-Siena: New York slowly turning into the Democratic Utah

[Tender Branson]

Siena College Research Institute
January 29 - February 1, 2012
807 New York State Registered Voters
MOE +/- 3.4%

...

Barack Obama

64% Favorable
34% Unfavorable

Barack Obama is running for re-election as President this year. I know it's a ways off, but as things stand now, would you vote to re-elect him or would you prefer someone else?

58% Re-elect Obama
36% Prefer someone else

If the election for President were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were:

63% Barack Obama on the Democratic line
31% Mitt Romney on the Republican line

65% Barack Obama on the Democratic line
29% Ron Paul on the Republican line

65% Barack Obama on the Democratic line
28% Rick Santorum on the Republican line

68% Barack Obama on the Democratic line
26% Newt Gingrich on the Republican line

http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_and_community/community_page/sri/sny_poll/SNY012912%20Crosstabs.pdf

[President von Cat]

New York has too many EVs to be the Democratic Utah, that title goes to Vermont.

New York is the Democratic Texas.

[/nitpicking]

[minionofmidas]

New York has too many EVs to be the Democratic Utah, that title goes to Vermont.

New York is the Democratic Texas.

[/nitpicking]

Spot on as far 2008 performance (difference from national result) goes.

[Eraserhead]

Romney would almost certainly lose Staten Island with these kind of numbers.

[falling apart like the ashes of American flags]

McCain was actually a pretty good candidate for Staten Island. Romney not so much.

[MIKESOWELL]

New York has become increasingly Democratic since the late 1980s.