Negative employment approval and the government’s favorability rating of Governor Kathy Hochul was mostly unchanged, according to a Siena College survey of New York registered voters published on Monday. The respondents, however, noted their support for several of its recent proposals and the state of state proposals.
The governor has a negative favorability rating of 39 to 47%, A little unchanged from 39 to 49% in December and up 36 to 51% in October, and a note of employment approval from 44 to 48%, also slightly unchanged from 46 to 49% in December, but against 41 to 51% in October, according to the survey .
She has not owned a positive favorability rating since last January and has never had a 50% or more favorability rating during her entire mandate.
Thirty -one percent of the voters who replied say they would re -elevate the governor, but 57% say they want “someone else”, according to the survey. Hochul is ready to re -elect in 2026.
“The favorability ratings of Governor Hochul and employment approval continue to languish in negative territory,” said Steven Greenberg, the probe at Siena College. Only 22% believe that its administration has improved the state’s budget condition in the past year, against 52% – including a small plurality of democrats – who say that it has not done so. “”
The pollsters say that the voters were interviewed out of 10 of Hochul’s state and budgetary proposals and have all seen the support, eight majority.
“Four proposals have a strong majority support for democrats, republicans and self -employed, and four others have the majority support of all voters, and at least the support of the plurality of DS, RS and IS,” said Greenberg. Students and the guarantee of a police officer in all night metro trains for the next six months are both strongly supported in each demographic ventilation, “said Greenberg. Districts to restrict the use of smartphones by students during the school day. “”
Greenberg says that Democrats and Republicans support Mobile phones restrictions In schools more than the self -employed, while white voters support them more than black or Latin voters. He also says that, while three -quarters of voters over 55 support the proposal, among voters under 35, support is only 41 to 37%.
“A potentially full of hope for Hochul is that if she succeeds in adopting her proposals – a big” if ” in the coming months – the voters say, 42 to 26%, this would improve the life of New Yorkers every day, “said Greenberg. “To be clear, Democrats firmly think that this would improve the lives of New Yorkers, while a great plurality of republicans and a small plurality of independents do not think that passing their proposals would improve life.”
Regarding the expulsion of immigrants illegally in the United States, recognized as guilty of a crime, 79-11% say that they support deportation while voters oppose the deportation of immigrants illegally in the United States Without a criminal record, 42-39%. According to the survey, voters are opposed to paying health care for undocumented immigrants via Medicaid, 59-26% and responded 48 to 31% in support of the federal government’s efforts to expel illegal migrants.
“Although there is an overwhelming support for the expulsion of illegal immigrants with a criminal record – 91% of Republicans, 86% of the self -employed and 69% of democrats – voters are closely divided on the deportation of illegal immigrants without locker judicial, “said Greenberg. “Almost two thirds of the Republicans and a plurality of self-employed support the expulsion of non-criminal immigrants, but the Democrats oppose such deportations, 59-24%”.
As for the 47th newly sworn president, the survey revealed that President Donald Trump had a negative favorability rating of 41 to 56% with voters, compared to 37 to 59% in December, the 41% corresponding to his highest favorable note . According to the survey, its job approval rating is 46 to 51%, while voters are divided on the question of whether Trump will inaugurate a “new golden age of America”, 48% saying that It is likely and 46% saying improbable.
“President Trump has not been popular in his former country of origin for more than a decade,” said Greenberg. The first time, December 2016, when its favorability rating was 41 to 53%. “”
Greenberg says that the Republicans consider Trump favorably, 83-13%, while the Democrats consider him unfavorably, 17-81%.
“According to the predictable supporter divide, a majority of voters think that Trump will do not better than only just or poor preserving the Constitution, reducing the cost of living and improving America’s reputation abroad,” said Greenberg . “By obtaining the borders, Trump obtains the support of a third of the Democrats, so a majority of all voters think that Trump will do an excellent or a good job.”
Respondents remain pessimistic on the prospects of New York State and the country, voters saying that New York is heading in poor direction with a margin of 50 to 36%, exactly as it was in December, and 55 at 37% saying that the country does the same, from 60 to 30%.
Among the other national questions, the survey revealed that voters have opposed to rename the Gulf of Mexico as a Gulf of America, 60-20%, Imposing prices on Mexico and Canada, 49-32% and resuming The Panama Canal41-34%. The survey shows that voters support Trump’s proposal by forcing only two sexes in the United States, men and women, announcing policies recognizing transgender Americans, 47 to 40%.
Now outside the office, the favor of former President Joe Biden increased from 45 to 50% from 37 to 59% in December. Two -thirds of the Democrats consider Biden favorably, while 86% of Republicans and 63% of the self -employed consider it unfavorably, according to the survey.
The Siena College survey was carried out from January 27 to 30 among the registered voters of 803 from New York State. It has an overall margin of error of +/- 4.2 percentage points.