New York State: 76% Say New Law Requiring Permit to Get Semi-Automatic Weapons Will be Good for the State

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By 76-14%, voters say a new law requiring a permit to get a semi-automatic rifle – including being at least 21, passing a background check and taking a safety course – will be good for New York. By a similar 79-15% margin, voters want to see the Supreme Court uphold New York’s decades-old law requiring a license to carry a concealed handgun, according to a new Siena College poll of registered New York State voters. …

Governor Kathy Hochul has a 46-37% favorability rating, compared to 44-34% in April. Her job performance rating is 41-52%, up from 36-57% in April, and 46% are prepared to re-elect her in November, compared to 44% who want ‘someone else,’ up from 40-45% in April. CONTINUED

Siena College Research Institute

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Fox News Poll: Six in ten favor U.S. continuing to provide aid to Ukraine

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Voters want to keep helping Ukraine fight Russia, even as their sense of the war’s relevancy declines, according to a new Fox News survey. Six in ten favor the United States continuing to provide weapons (61%) and financial aid (59%) to Ukraine. That’s unchanged since March when a similar number said the U.S. should “be doing more” to help in the fight.

Voters are also not buying White House attempts to tie current gas prices to the war. By an 18-point margin, they say Biden’s policies are more responsible for prices at the pump than Russian President Putin’s actions in Ukraine (50-32%). CONTINUED

Dana Blanton, Fox News

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Fox News Poll: Record-high negative views of Biden

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Fifty-seven percent view Biden negatively, while 42% view him positively. … Former President Trump is also underwater, with a 44% favorable rating compared to 55% unfavorable. …

Biden’s job performance also suffers on all issues tested: more disapprove than approve of the job he’s doing by 48 points on inflation, 38 points on the economy, 27 points on guns, 23 points on border security, and by 10 points on his response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Overall, 43% approve of the job he’s doing vs. 57% who don’t — his worst rating to date. CONTINUED

Victoria Balara, Fox News

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Fox News Poll: Majority dislikes protests outside Supreme Court justices’ homes

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A majority of registered voters think it’s inappropriate to protest outside the homes of Supreme Court justices. A new Fox News survey finds 55% say the protests are inappropriate, including majorities of Republicans (70%) and independents (62%). Democrats see it the other way, with a majority of 58% saying it’s okay. Overall, 37% think the protests are appropriate. …

As the country awaits the high court’s ruling on a case that could strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, the poll finds, for the first time, more voters unhappy with the job the Supreme Court is doing: 39% approve vs. 48% disapprove. Fourteen percent are unsure. That’s a reversal from two years ago when 54% approved and 31% disapproved in July 2020 – and prior to Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett confirmation, which created the current 6-3 conservative majority. CONTINUED

Victoria Balara, Fox News

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Parties Ask: Will Our Last Nominee Be Our Next Nominee?

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Will our 2020 presidential nominee run again in 2024? That’s the question hanging over both of the major political parties right now. …

Putting aside an unlikely primary challenge, one could draw a Venn diagram of Democratic attitudes on the subject. One circle represents Democrats afraid that Biden can’t win a general election; the second circle represents those with little confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris’s ability to win. The intersecting area is those who are afraid that they just can’t win at all.

Unquestionably Trump would be the favorite for the GOP nod should he run again, but he would have to earn it, and that itself is one reason he might not run. CONTINUED

Charlie Cook

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Americans Say Government Should Address Slavery Effects

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As the U.S. marks the Juneteenth holiday commemorating the emancipation of U.S. slaves, a recent Gallup Center on Black Voices survey finds that most Americans believe Black people today have been affected by the history of slavery in the U.S. and that the federal government has a responsibility to address those effects. Americans who think the government is responsible generally believe all Black Americans, rather than just those descended from slaves, should benefit from programs to address the effects of slavery. CONTINUED

Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup

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