New York City Voters Like Mayor Bloomberg

But President Bloomberg…Most Think Not

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:  Friday 6:00 p.m. March 31, 2006

All references must be sourced WNBC/Marist Poll

 

Contact:           Dr. Lee M. Miringoff

Dr. Barbara L. Carvalho

Marist College

845.575.5050

 

This WNBC/Marist Poll reports:

·                    Most New York City voters approve of the job Michael Bloomberg is doing as mayor:  65% of New York City voters rate the job Mayor Bloomberg is doing as excellent or good.   This is statistically comparable to the top scores he received just before his re-election last fall.

 

Question Wording: Would you rate the job Mayor Michael Bloomberg is doing in office as excellent, good, fair, or poor?

 

 

Registered Voters

Excellent/Good

 

Excellent

 

Good

 

Fair

 

Poor

 

Unsure

March 2006

65%

20%

45%

24%

10%

  1%

November 2005

64%

19%

45%

28%

  7%

  1%

October 2005

65%

22%

43%

27%

  7%

  1%

September 2005

61%

15%

46%

30%

  8%

  1%

August 2005

53%

14%

39%

34%

12%

  1%

July 2005

58%

15%

43%

27%

12%

  3%

June 10, 2005

49%

11%

38%

35%

15%

  1%

June 2, 2005

55%

12%

43%

32%

12%

  1%

April 2005

48%

  8%

40%

35%

16%

  1%

March 2005

43%

  8%

35%

34%

21%

  2%

December 2004

46%

  6%

40%

35%

18%

  1%

September 2004

42%

  7%

35%

35%

21%

  2%

April 2004

40%

  7%

33%

38%

19%

  3%

 

 

Registered Voters

Excellent/Good

 

Excellent

 

Good

 

Fair

 

Poor

 

Unsure

Borough

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Bronx

63%

16%

47%

27%

10%

<1%

  Brooklyn

57%

20%

37%

33%

10%

<1%

  Manhattan

63%

18%

45%

22%

14%

  1%

  Queens

72%

27%

45%

18%

  8%

  2%

  Staten Island

85%

10%

75%

11%

  4%

<1%

Party

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Democrat

64%

21%

43%

26%

10%

<1%

  Republican

72%

28%

44%

16%

10%

  2%

  Non-enrolled

66%

14%

52%

25%

  9%

<1%

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White

77%

29%

48%

16%

  7%

<1%

  African American

55%

15%

40%

36%

  8%

  1%

  Latino

47%

  8%

39%

34%

18%

  1%

 

·                    But most city voters aren’t ready for a President Bloomberg:  72% of voters do not want Michael Bloomberg to run for president in 2008.

 

Question Wording: Do you want Michael Bloomberg to run for president in 2008 or not?

 

Registered Voters

Yes

No

Unsure

March 2006

23%

72%

  5%

Party

 

 

 

 Democrat

23%

72%

  5%

 Republican

26%

72%

  2%

 Non-enrolled

22%

70%

  8%

Race

 

 

 

 White

23%

70%

  7%

 African American

29%

65%

  6%

 Latino

20%

80%