Overview
- A Siena survey of 806 registered voters released Tuesday shows Gov. Kathy Hochul leading Bruce Blakeman 49% to 33%, even as her favorability fell to 41-46% and her job approval to 48-44%.
- Voters say New York is off course on daily costs and housing, with 67% calling the cost of living the wrong direction and 57% saying the state is failing to create affordable homes.
- Blakeman’s profile remains low, with 64% of voters unfamiliar or undecided about him, even as he met President Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
- A plurality of 36% wants the state to spend more than the roughly $260 billion budget Hochul proposed, a view recorded while the plan is more than a month late.
- Trump’s standing among New York Republicans has dropped, with his favorability down to 65-27% from 78-18% in March, signaling shifting attitudes inside the GOP.