Vice President Kamala Harris is slowly widening her commanding lead over former President Donald Trump in New York state, but she is losing ground in suburban voters, according to a newly released Siena College poll of voters. The results showed that the gap between the two parties remained close to that of the Republican Party.
“Harris has widened her lead over Trump in New York, with a 19-point lead in the head-to-head race,” Siena College polling spokesman Stephen Greenberg said in a statement.
But polls show the race is much closer in some counties near Long Island and the Hudson Valley.
Ms. Harris leads Mr. Trump 52% to 47% in suburban areas such as Long Island and Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties. The poll has a margin of error of 4.1%.
Last month's Siena poll showed Trump leading Harris in the suburbs, 50% to 48%.
In some battleground states outside the Big Apple, the popularity of the top of the ticket could play a big role, especially as it relates to turnout.
Polls suggest that Ballot Prop. 1 enjoys significant support despite a massive Republican-led campaign against the bill.
A whopping 69 percent of respondents told pollsters in Siena that they support “a proposed amendment to the state constitution called the Equal Rights Amendment.”
Opponents say Proposition 1 could unleash a list of evils on the Empire State, including allowing biological boys to play girls' sports and giving non-citizens the right to vote. Supporters say the measure would enshrine already largely protected abortion rights into the state constitution.
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is also polling well ahead of former New York City police detective and entrepreneur Mike Supplykorn. Gillibrand, who is running for a third term, was supported by 57% of respondents, compared to 31% for Saprakorn.
However, both candidates are struggling to gain recognition among New Yorkers.
“Interestingly, 3 in 10 voters still don't know or have no opinion about Gillibrand. Supply Cohn remains essentially unknown to 9 in 10 voters,” Green said. Berg said.
Gillibrand and Supplycone will face off in the only debate on Wednesday night.
Gov. Kathy Hochul won't be on the ballot next month, but her disastrously low approval ratings have slightly increased. In an October poll, 36% of respondents gave Hochul a favorable rating, while 51% gave him an unfavorable rating.
This is up from 34% who had a favorable response and 54% who had an unfavorable response last month.
“The good news for Hochul is that her favorability rating and job approval rating have increased a bit. The bad news is that while she has recovered from all-time lows, she still has a ways to go before reaching positive territory. ,” Greenberg said.
A Siena poll last month showed Hochul's online favorability rating was lower than that of Donald Trump in deep blue New York.
