Bloomberg Scores Are Bad But Getting Better, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; New Yorkers Don't Want To Recall Their Mayor

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Oct 22, 2003 42% 47% 12% Sep 9, 2003 38 52 11 Jul 2, 2003 31 60 8 May 7, 2003 32 56 12 Feb 26, 2003 48 41 11 Nov 21, 2002 41 46 13 Jul 18, 2002 57 23 19 Mar 27, 2002 62 16 22 Feb 6, 2002 65 6 29
TREND: In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in New York City today? Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied? 

                  Very  Smwht Smwht Very
                  sat   sat   dis   dis   DK/NA

Oct 22, 2003       8%   43%   31%   18%    1
Sep 9, 2003        5    37    32    25     2
Jul 2, 2003        7    23    32    38     1 
May 7, 2003        3    30    34    31     2
Feb 28, 2003       6    43    32    17     2
Nov 21, 2002       5    39    34    20     2
Jul 18, 2002       9    55    24     9     3
Mar 28, 2002      15    56    19     7     2
Aug 2, 2000       20    46    22    11     1
Jun 15, 2000      20    46    22    10     2
Apr 19, 2000      18    45    20    17     1
Apr 8, 1999       16    47    25    12     1
Feb 17, 1999      17    46    22    14     1
Nov 18, 1998      23    51    17     8     1
Feb 11, 1998      18    58    18     5     1
Oct 29, 1997      12    58    19    10     1
Oct 1, 1997       15    53    22     9     1
Mar 27, 1997      11    54    22    12     1
Feb 11, 1997      11    54    24    11     1
Nov 19, 1996       8    53    25    13     1
TREND: Are you generally satisfied with the quality of the public schools in New York City, or are you not satisfied? 

                        Not
                  Sat   sat   DK/NA

Oct 21, 2003      14%   72%   14%
Jul 18, 2002      16    71    13
Mar 27, 2002      12    78    10
Mar 1, 2001       14    75    11
Jun 15, 2000      15    70    15
Apr 20, 2000      12    79     9
May 19, 1999      18    70    12
Feb 18, 1999      14    76    11
Mar 31, 1997      12    77    11
Nov 20, 1996      13    76    11
TREND: Are you generally satisfied with the quality of public schools in your neighborhood, or are you not satisfied? 

                        Not
                  Sat   sat   DK/NA

Oct 21, 2003      30%   52%   18%
Jul 18, 2002      33    50    17 
Mar 27, 2002      39    42    19
Feb 6, 2001       40    42    17
Mar 1, 2001       40    41    19
Jun 15, 2000      35    45    20
Apr 20, 2000      37    45    18
May 19, 1999      36    47    16
Feb 18, 1999      30    56    14
Mar 31, 1997      41    40    19
Nov 20, 1996      40    40    20
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling his job as Mayor? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Approve           42%   53%   38%   47%   52%   32%   36%   43%   41%   34%
Disapprove        47    37    51    42    38    58    50    47    46    54
DK/NA             12    11    12    11    10    10    13    10    13    11
2. Michael Bloomberg will be up for re-election in 2005. Would you like to see Michael Bloomberg re-elected Mayor, or would you rather see someone else elected Mayor? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Bloomberg         21%   36%   17%   26%   29%   14%   16%   22%   20%   14%
Someone else      57    38    65    49    45    71    66    55    58    61
DK/NA             22    26    18    25    26    15    18    23    22    25
5. In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in New York City today? Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Very satisfied     8%   12%    7%    9%    8%    7%    9%    9%    7%    6%
Smwht
 satisfied        43    54    41    44    49    37    42    45    41    43
Smwht
 dissatisfied     31    19    32    31    29    30    29    29    32    32
Very
 dissatisfied     18    14    18    15    12    27    19    17    19    19
DK/NA              1     1     1     2     2     1     1     1     2     -
6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling -- the city budget? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Approve           36%   48%   32%   39%   45%   24%   31%   39%   33%   31%
Disapprove        51    39    55    47    41    64    55    49    53    53
DK/NA             13    13    13    15    14    12    14    12    15    15
7. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling -- the public schools? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Approve           36%   52%   33%   36%   43%   32%   36%   39%   34%   32%
Disapprove        49    38    52    48    40    55    52    48    51    58
DK/NA             14    10    15    16    17    13    11    13    15    10
8. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling -- taxes? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Approve           28%   35%   26%   29%   36%   19%   23%   30%   26%   25%
Disapprove        61    58    62    59    53    68    67    60    62    64
DK/NA             11     6    12    12    11    13    10    10    13    10
9. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling -- crime? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Approve           61%   67%   61%   67%   68%   55%   53%   65%   58%   59%
Disapprove        28    26    29    24    20    36    38    26    31    29
DK/NA             11     7    11    10    12     9     9     9    12    12
10. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling -- the ban on smoking in restaurants and bars? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Approve           59%   56%   62%   52%   56%   55%   63%   55%   62%   55%
Disapprove        36    40    32    45    38    41    33    41    32    40
DK/NA              5     4     6     4     5     5     4     5     6     5
11. Are you generally satisfied with the quality of the public schools in New York City, or are you not satisfied? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Satisfied         14%   18%   13%   12%   10%   14%   20%   13%   15%   14%
Not satisfied     72    65    73    73    69    79    70    74    70    78
DK/NA             14    17    14    15    21     6     9    12    15     8
12. Are you generally satisfied with the quality of the public schools in your neighborhood, or are you not satisfied? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Satisfied         30%   45%   27%   30%   32%   19%   36%   30%   30%   30%
Not satisfied     52    34    55    53    41    70    55    54    51    59
DK/NA             18    21    18    17    26    11     9    16    19    12
13. Do you think Mayor Bloomberg has made substantial progress or not in improving the quality of education in the public schools in New York City? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Yes/Made progress 28%   37%   26%   29%   29%   31%   33%   28%   29%   23%
No/No progress    53    47    54    54    51    54    51    57    50    60
DK/NA             18    16    21    16    21    15    16    16    21    17
21. Do you think that New York City should or should not have a recall provision, where people can vote to remove an elected official from office, such as has happened in California? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Yes               49%   47%   47%   51%   35%   56%   64%   48%   50%   48%
No                46    50    48    45    61    38    31    49    43    46
DK/NA              5     3     5     5     5     6     6     3     7     6
22. If you had the chance, would you vote to recall Mayor Bloomberg? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Yes               27%   23%   29%   23%   14%   36%   41%   28%   26%   29%
No                68    72    67    73    84    56    54    68    67    65
DK/NA              5     5     4     4     3     8     5     4     7     7
23. Have you, yourself, smoked any cigarettes in the past week? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Yes               20%   20%   20%   24%   18%   23%   24%   23%   18%   23%
No                79    80    80    76    82    76    76    76    82    77
DK/NA              -     -     -     -     -     1     -     -     -     -
24. Recently, New York City enacted a law banning smoking in bars and restaurants. Do you support or oppose this law? 

                                                                        Union
                  Tot   Rep   Dem   Ind   Wht   Blk   Hisp  Men   Wom   HsHold

Support           62%   57%   67%   52%   58%   58%   62%   57%   65%   62%
Oppose            35    39    29    45    37    39    35    40    31    36
DK/NA              3     4     4     3     4     2     3     3     4     2

                  Smokers
                  Q23
                  
Support           32%
Oppose            66
DK/NA              2

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