If the election for Governor were being held today, and the candidates were Tom Foley the Republican and Dannel Malloy the Democrat, for whom would you vote?
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There is a large gender gap as women back the Democrat 45 - 37 percent while men go Republican 48 - 39 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds.
Foley leads 83 - 9 percent among Republicans and 45 - 33 percent among independent voters while Gov. Malloy takes Democrats 79 - 10 percent.
Malloy gets a 48 percent approval rating from Connecticut voters, while 45 percent disapprove. Voters are divided 45 - 46 percent on whether he should be reelected.
Foley leads a Republican primary with 36 percent. His nearest competitor is Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton with 11 percent. No other candidate tops 6 percent and 35 percent of Republican voters remain undecided.
Malloy tops other possible Republican challengers by margins ranging from 6 to 11 percentage points.
Connecticut voters give their governor a 46 - 43 percent favorability rating. Foley gets a 38 - 21 percent favorability. For other Republican candidates, anywhere from 72 percent of voters to 89 percent don't know enough to form an opinion.
Connecticut voters give President Barack Obama a negative 45 - 51 percent approval rating, his lowest score ever in the state. There is a wide gender gap as men disapprove 57 - 40 percent rating while women are divided, with 49 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving.
The president gets a negative 7 - 92 percent from Republicans and a negative 38 - 57 percent from independent voters, while Democrats approve 80 - 16 percent. He gets a lukewarm 49 - 43 percent approval from voters 18 to 29 years old and negative grades among older voters.
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From February 26 - March 2, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,878 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.3 percentage points. The survey includes 477 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/connecticut/release-detail?ReleaseID=2015
