Nearing the midpoint of his term, Mayor Bill de Blasio is confronting a city that is deeply divided about his ability to lead, with his efforts to create a more liberal New York overshadowed by growing worries about homelessness and crime, a new poll finds. CONT. New York Times Read more »
New York City: Mayor de Blasio Loses Support Among Black, Latino Voters
Two years before the next mayor’s race in New York City, Mayor de Blasio has lost support among his base of black and Latino voters and for his efforts to curb the NYPD’s polarizing stop-and-frisk practices, a stand that helped to sweep the Democrat into office, according to a Wall […] Read more »
Polling the Public: A joint survey from Public Agenda and WNYC
Will Friedman, the president of Public Agenda, and Carolin Hagelskamp, the vice president and director of research at Public Agenda, discuss their methodology for finding out which issues matter most to likely voters in our region and preview a new joint public opinion poll they’re crafting with WNYC. Brian Lehrer […] Read more »
New York City: Optimism wanes amid racial divide
New York City voters are increasingly pessimistic about life in the Big Apple. When asked about the overall direction of the city, the electorate divides. 49% report things are going in the wrong direction, and 45% say they are moving in the right one. … The mayor’s overall job approval […] Read more »
De Blasio, Obama and a Flawed Vision of Liberalism
… In the aftermath of Mr. de Blasio’s landslide victory in 2013, it was tempting to believe that he had pioneered a new style of progressive politics, one that built on President Obama’s coalition of African-Americans, Latinos and liberals. Whereas Mr. Obama twice lost white voters by double digits, Mr. […] Read more »
Poll Finds Unease in New York After Garner Case; Challenge for de Blasio
Mayor Bill de Blasio rose to power promising a new era of cultural comity in New York City, generating big expectations that he could heal longstanding urban divisions over ethnicity, money and class. But amid a national uproar over police and race, prompted in part by the death of an […] Read more »