OntheWilderSide

These stats are great research for third parties to see who the competition might be for statewide office, and what voters are thinking about their NY government. There is a link to a detailed Siena poll with a long list of candidates. At the bottom of this post, I listed all the names-only of the public figures that the Siena Poll asked about. (I don’t think any of them third party, sigh…). Also, two stories by Elizabeth Benjamin at the NY Daily News interpreting the stats.

(excerpt from) The Daily Politics
Siena On The 2010 Horserace: Gubernatorial Edition

Today’s Siena poll found Paterson’s favorable/unfavorable ratings have improved slightly over the past month, creeping up from 27-61 in October to 33-56 today. His job performance is virtually unchanged, hovering at 21-79.

The governor continues to trail far behind his likely primary opponent, AG Andrew Cuomo, who is now ahead by 59 percentage points (16-75), compared to 50 last month (20-70).

The poll was conducted Nov. 8-12…

At this point, Paterson is lagging behind all of his would-be challengers – even Republican Rick Lazio, the only announced GOP candidate for governor, who has a slight, three-percentage point lead.

This is the first time Lazio has led Paterson…

Link to…The Daily Politics
Siena On The 2010 Horserace” Everyone Else Edition
(includes thoughts on AG race, etc.)

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List of public figures who the Siena Poll asked about. So, these seem to be people that Siena believes may run for statewide office in 2010. If I happened to know something about the person, I put my comments in brackets. -KW

David Paterson – [NY Governor – Democrat]
Andrew Cuomo – [NY Attorney General- Democrat]
Rudy Giuliani – [Former NYC Mayor – Republican]
Rick Lazio – [From Long Island. Ran against Hillary Clinton for Senate. May be 2010 Rep Gov candidate]
Kirsten Gillibrand – [NY Senator – Democrat]
George Pataki – [Former NY Governor – Republican]
Chris Collins
Charles Schumer – [NY Senator – Democrat]
Tom DiNapoli – [NY State Comptroller. From LI. Years ago, ran against Suozzi for County Exec. Democrat.]
John Faso – [2006 Republican nominee for Governor. I don’t see him as high profile.]
Tom Suozzi – [Nassau County Exec – Democrat. Currently in recount on surprise election upset.]
Jeff Klein
Eric Schneiderman
Kathleen Rice – [A Democrat. Nassau County DA. I find her to be problematic on civil liberties issues.]
Richard Brodsky
Michael Glanaris
Jonathan Tasini – [Ran in Dem primary against Hillary Clinton for Senate.]
Bill Thompson – [A Democrat. Just ran for NYC Mayor, giving Bloomberg a close call.]
Eric Dinallo
Randy Credico – [An anti-drug laws activist who may run in Dem primary against Schumer]
Maggie Brooks
Joanie Mahoney
Scott Vanderboef
Denise O’Donnell
Sean Patrick Mahoney
Dan Donovan

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