Former Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi of New York and Republican Maji Pilip are locked in a fierce battle for the House seat previously held by the former congressman. George Santos (New York, N.Y.) showed up in Thursday’s poll.
In the Newsday/Siena College poll, Suozzi, a former congressman who represented the district for six years before Santos, said: Leading Pilip by 4 points, support was 48 percent to 44 percent, within the poll’s margin of error. 7% said they had not decided yet.
The findings are broadly consistent with an Emerson College poll released last month that Suozzi found. 3 point lead However, it is still within the margin of error.
The race will determine which party holds the seat vacated when Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives in December. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House of Representatives by just a few seats, so the winner could have a huge impact on the rest of Congress.
The Siena poll found similar favorability ratings for Mr. Suozzi and Mr. Pilip, a Nassau County councilman. Suozzi was viewed favorably by 47% of voters and unfavorably by 45%, while Pilip was viewed favorably by 41% and unfavorably by 43%.
But while 16% of voters said they didn’t know Pilip or had no opinion of her, only 8% said the same about Suozzi.
According to the pollster, voters said they would prefer former President Trump over President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 general election matchup, by a five-point difference, 47% to 42%. Respondents view both Trump and Biden comfortably unfavorably, with Biden slightly more favorable than Trump.
Opinion polls show Suozzi ahead of Pilip in terms of who voters trust to deal with some specific issues, by nine points on protecting the country’s democracy and for a more effective functioning of parliament. The United States has a 10-point lead in deciding the level of aid, and a 13-point lead in determining the level of U.S. aid. He also has a 21-point lead over Ukraine on his approach to abortion.
However, Pilip scored 9 points higher on the country’s response to the influx of immigrants and 3 points higher on establishing U.S. policy regarding the war between Israel and Hamas.
Don Levy, director of the Siena College Institute, noted in a release that those voting in the special election are one of the most likely groups of voters in the country.
The poll was conducted from February 3rd to 6th among 694 likely voters. His margin of error was 4.1 points.
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