Poll: NY Voters Show Little Support for Cuomo or Gillibrand Presidential Bids

Less than a third of registered voters in New York favor a presidential bid by either Gov. Andrew Cuomo or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

Here are the highlights from the New York survey released Wednesday:

• 28 percent said they would like to see Cuomo, a Democrat, run for president in 2020, compared to 63 percent who do not want him to enter the race
•  28 percent favored a presidential bid by Democrat Gillibrand, while 58 percent did not
• 50 percent said they would be inclined to re-elect Cuomo as governor in 2018, while 40 percent were opposed
• 55 percent would be inclined to re-elect Gillibrand to the Senate in 2018, compared to 31 percent who said they would not

The poll also revealed that only 9 percent of Republicans are able to correctly name any GOP candidate running for governor.

The rest of the poll breaks down like this:

• 30 percent of New York voters approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing, compared to 65 percent who do not
• 47 percent approve of the job Cuomo is doing, while 37 percent disapprove
• 52 percent approve of the way Gillibrand is handling her job, compared to 27 percent who don’t
• 53 percent approve of the job Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer is doing, compared to 35 percent who disapprove

The poll, conducted Feb. 9-12, surveyed 1,038 New York voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

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