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Poll taken Jan. 23-28
1/30/13, "Cuomo's approval rating plummets after NY passes gun control law: poll," NY Post, E. Kriss
"Gov. Cuomo’s job approval rating dropped faster than a speeding
bullet this month as Republicans and gun owners started turning against
him after he rammed through the nation’s first post-Newtown gun control
law, a new poll has found.
Democrat Cuomo’s approval marks slid
from 74-13 percent last month to 59-28 in the Quinnipiac poll out today —
a day after the New York-affiliate of the National Rifle Association
filed a notice of claim to sue to stop enforcement of the law, arguing
it unconstitutionally deprives New Yorkers of their rights....
Though the poll asked respondents about controversial 2013 issues
Cuomo outlined in his State of the State speech earlier this month -
results are expected tomorrow - Cuomo said he thought the gun law was
solely responsible for his popularity drop.
While Republicans gave
Cuomo a 68-18 percent approval mark in a Quinnipiac survey Dec. 12 —
two days before a crazed gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults
at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — the GOP is
virtually evenly split on the governor now.
Support for Cuomo
dropped across the board. His approval rating among independents fell
from 70-12 to 54-32, among Democrats from 82-9 to 74-14, among women
from 73-12 to 64-23 and among men from 74-14 to 54-33.
Some 34
percent of voters – and 59 percent of Republicans – said Cuomo’s law
goes “too far” in restricting gun owners’ rights, while 30 percent of
all voters said it doesn’t go far enough in protecting public safety....
Cuomo shouldn’t necessarily worry, according to Quinnipiac’s poll director.
“With
approval ratings that consistently topped 70 percent, New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo had the political capital to spend when he set out to pass
the toughest gun control laws in the nation,” Maurice Carroll said. “It
is possible that the gun law cost him some of that political capital,
but a 2-1 job approval rating still makes him the envy of most
governors.”...
While voters in non-gun homes still gave Cuomo thumbs up by a
whopping 68-19, those who live in households with guns turned against
him by 50-40, the Jan. 23-28 telephone survey of 1,127 state voters
found.
Cuomo himself had predicted the slide during a radio
interview yesterday with Post columnist Fredric U. Dicker on Albany’s
Talk 1300 AM radio....
The poll also found a slight dip in job approval ratings for
President Obama (57-39 percent, from 62-35 last month) and US Sens.
Chuck Schumer (60-30, down from 63-23) and Kirsten Gillibrand (57-21,
down from 61-18).
The poll has a a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points."
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1/9/13, "Gov. Cuomo Thunders On Gun Control During Passionate State Of The State Address," Newyork.cbslocal.com
"No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer and too many people have died already,” Cuomo said."...
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