{"id":395622,"date":"2022-01-18T13:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kathy-hochul-leads-democratic-primary-challengers-by-over-30-points\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T13:30:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T10:30:26","slug":"kathy-hochul-leads-democratic-primary-challengers-by-over-30-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kathy-hochul-leads-democratic-primary-challengers-by-over-30-points\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kathy Hochul leads Democratic primary challengers by over 30 points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Kathy Hochul leads Democratic primary challengers by over 30 points<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>ALBANY \u2013 Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s lead in the Democratic primary for governor of New York has grown to over 30 points beyond her nearest challenger now that state Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Letitia James has dropped out of the race, according to a new poll released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s first female governor captured the support of 46 percent of Democratic voters when asked in a Siena College survey who they would vote for if the primary election \u2013 scheduled for June 2022 \u2013 was held today.<\/p>\n<p>That places her 34 points ahead of second place challenger, former Mayor Bill de Blasio \u2013 who hasn\u2019t even officially announced his candidacy. He netted 12 percent in response to the same question.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams received 11 percent, followed by Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi, trailing with six percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another 22 percent of primary voters answered they either didn\u2019t know or had no opinion, and two percent said they would rather support someone else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s overall lead has soared past last month\u2019s 36 percent she got from supporters in a similar Siena survey conducted Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, when voters were also asked who they would back if the primary was held that day.<\/p>\n<p>In that poll, James received 18 percent of support from voters.\u00a0But she dropped out of the race on Dec. 7, with Democratic party sources telling The Post she failed to hit fundraising goals in order to beat the ambitious Hochul.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-TRUMP_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York Attorney General Letitia James polled second after Hochul, but dropped out of the race on December 7, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20869191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-TRUMP_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-TRUMP_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-TRUMP_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-TRUMP_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York Attorney General Letitia James polled second after Hochul, but dropped out of the race on December 7, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHochul <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaches support from nearly half of Democrats, 46 percent, up from 36 percent last month \u2013 before James, who had the support of 18 percent, exited the race,\u201d said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg in a statement. He also noted James\u2019 dropout proved a boon for de Blasio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDe Blasio appears to have picked up some James supporters as well, now at 12 percent, up from six percent in December.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hochul\u2019s biggest support demographic comes from upstate, with 65 percent of primary voters backing her campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12673342b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former Mayor Bill de Blasio picked up some voters, increasing from 6 percent to 12 percent since December.\" class=\"wp-image-20869186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12673342b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12673342b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12673342b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12673342b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Mayor Bill de Blasio picked up some voters, increasing from 6 percent to 12 percent since December.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not one challenger \u2013 de Blasio, Williams or Suozzi \u2013 broke double digits in upstate.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio, however, did score the biggest support from Black voters of the group \u2013 36 percent compared to Hochul\u2019s 26 percent, followed by 19 percent for Williams and four percent for Suozzi.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s favorability among all voters stands at 45 percent compared to 29 percent of voters who have an unfavorable opinion of her and 25 percent who said they either don\u2019t know or have no opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s even higher among Democrats \u2013 60 percent view her favorably, compared to 19 percent who said they have an unfavorable opinion of her.<\/p>\n<p>More Democrats said they have an unfavorable view of de Blasio than favorable \u2013 by a 45 to 42 percent margin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-EVICTION_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A large number of voters said they did not know or have an opinion about New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.\" class=\"wp-image-20869190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-EVICTION_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-EVICTION_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-EVICTION_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/USA-EVICTION_NEW-YORK.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A large number of voters said they did not know or have an opinion about New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But for Williams, 49 percent of Democratic voters responded that they either don\u2019t know him or have no opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi stacked up even worse \u2013 with 56 percent of Democrats saying they don\u2019t know him or have no opinion of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames is out of the race. Williams and Suozzi are unknown to half of Democrats. A potential opponent, de Blasio, is viewed unfavorably by more Democrats than view him favorably. With 22 weeks until the primary, it appears Hochul is in the catbird seat to be the Democratic nominee for governor,\u201d said Greenberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Tom Suozzi trailed in recent polls with only 6 percent of responders saying he had their vote.\" class=\"wp-image-20869189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Tom Suozzi trailed in recent polls with only 6 percent of responders saying he had their vote.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sipa USA via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The poll also asked voters what they think of new New York City Mayor Eric Adams \u2013 who gained a 41 percent favorability rating compared to 19 percent who said they viewed him unfavorably.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, 40 percent of respondents said they either didn\u2019t know or had no opinion of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More Republican voters said they viewed him favorably \u2013 29 percent \u2013 compared to those who viewed him unfavorably, at 20 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Siena Poll queried 806 registered voters from Jan. 9 through Jan. 13 and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points. But within the poll, there were 417 Democrats who were asked about the party\u2019s primary for governor,\u00a0 with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 percentage points.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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