NY-GOV: Cuomo Thumps Nixon In New York Dem Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds;
ew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tops challenger Cynthia Nixon, 59 - 23 percent in a Democratic primary, with big leads among all gender, education, age, racial and regional groups in the survey, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released today.
This compares to a 50 - 28 percent Cuomo lead in a May 2 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll. Today, the governor leads 58 - 20 percent among Democratic women and 60 - 28 percent among men, 53 - 28 percent among white Democrats and 65 - 18 percent among non-white Democrats.
In a general election matchup:
Cuomo gets 43 percent on the Democratic line;
Duchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the Republican, gets 23 percent;
Nixon, running on the Working Families Party line, gets 13 percent;
Libertarian Party candidate Larry Sharpe gets 3 percent;
Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins gets 2 percent;
Serve America Movement Stephanie Miner gets 1 percent.
In a mano a mano matchup, Cuomo tops Molinaro 57 - 31 percent. The gender and racial gaps are more pronounced as men back Cuomo 50 - 38 percent, while women go Democratic 63 - 25 percent. White voters back the governor 49 - 42 percent, as non-white voters back him 73 - 13 percent.
"New Yorkers say 59 - 30 percent they want a gubernatorial candidate with experience in politics over someone new to it. Democrats, non-white voters and women, in particular, lead the charge in that preference," said Mary Snow, polling analyst for the Quinnipiac University Poll.
"A significant percentage of voters say they haven't heard enough about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's two main rivals, Duchess County Executive Marc Molinaro and Cynthia Nixon, to give them a thumbs up or down on what they think of them. That is also helping Gov. Cuomo."
Among all New York State voters Cuomo gets a 49 - 43 percent job approval rating, compared to a 54 - 39 percent approval in a May 2 Quinnipiac University poll.
All voters give Cuomo a 49 - 38 percent favorability rating. Nixon gets a split 27 - 30 percent favorability, with 40 percent who haven't heard enough about her to form an opinion. Among the other candidates for governor, the "haven't heard enough" rate ranges from 66 percent for Molinaro to 90 percent for Hawkins.
https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-state/release-detail?ReleaseID=2555