Cuomo Leads by 24 Points in New York Governor’s Race, Poll Says(Siena Poll)

[maddezmom]

Source: Bloomberg

Cuomo Leads by 24 Points in New York Governor’s Race, Poll Says
October 05, 2010, 10:07 AM EDT
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- New York gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, leads Republican Carl Paladino by 24 points in a poll of likely voters by the Siena Research Institute.

About six of 10 voters had a negative view of Paladino and agreed that he is “a loose cannon, who doesn’t have the temperament to be governor,” according to the survey. The poll was conducted Oct. 3-4, after Paladino accused Cuomo of marital infidelity and was involved in a shouting match with a reporter who asked for proof of the charge.

Cuomo was supported by 56 percent of voters, with 32 percent backing Paladino. In a Siena poll of registered voters released last month, Cuomo led by 33 points. Since then Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio abandoned the race and that party switched its endorsement to Paladino.

“Cuomo continues to enjoy a very strong favorability rating,” said Steven Greenberg, pollster for the Siena Research Institute in Loudonville, New York, in a statement. “While Paladino has quickly become very well-known among New York voters, it is not in a good way.”



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[dionysus]

1. ROFL

:spray:

thats what carl gets for pretending to be one ofthe Sopranos

[rainlillie]

2. Siena is my alma mater and I'm happy to hear that Cuomo is surging ahead of that nut.

[Demoiselle]

3. Good. Maybe the NYTimes will write a story about him this week! nt

It was all Carl all the time last week.

[onehandle]

4. I would hope so. It's crazies like him and Angle and Witchypoo that the DNC should show in ads.

From coast to coast.

'This is what you will be electing if you stay home on election day.'

[joeybee12]

5. Eh, still seems to close...

should be about 95-5...although there are quite a few people in this country who seem to like voting for the criminally insane.

[Mz Pip]

7. My thought, too.

Only 24 points?

I asked my son, who lives in NYC, if the GOP of NY had gone insane in nominating this wannabe hoodlum. He didn't seem too concerned about it, since he didn't think the guy would win.

But still, a whole lot of people voted for him and will vote for him. Spitzer resigns over a hooker but the GOP rallies around this nutcase. Go figure.

[dogfacedboy]

8. Nut cases are all the GOP's got. The "Colin Powell Wing" of the GOP has been tossed under the bus.

[COLGATE4]

6. From Siena's mouth (website) to G-d's ear.