Divided Electorate Tells Tale of Two Cities Ahead of Mayoral Election
The survey shows that Cuomo’s prominence cuts both in his favor and against him, with more respondents who say they will definitely not vote for him (23%) than will definitely vote for him (20%) — while all other candidates came in in the single digits.
Rubin says the project grew out of his experience on the advisory board of the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service’s NYC 2025 project.
“Some possible success for this would be if one or more of the serious mayoral candidates digested this survey and decided that one policy that they believed was right, but didn’t think there was public support for it, then decided I’m going to go out on a limb and really push it,” he said.
John Mollenkopf, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center, says the study probes more deeply than the typical public opinion polls seen by voters during an election. “It goes beyond usual surveys in asking people about very specific responses” on complex topics, he said. “It’s a first-rate piece of work.”
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