April 1, 2005 - Yankees Rule In New York City, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Jeter Is Favorite Yank; Piazza Is Top Met By a 51 - 36 percent margin New York City voters would cheer for the Bronx Bombers over the Amazin' Mets in a subway World Series, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Yankees support is strongest in The Bronx, 70 percent, while Queens voters split 44 - 45 percent between the teams, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Derek Jeter is the favorite Yankee of 29 percent of all voters and 42 percent of Yankees fans. Mike Piazza is the favorite Met for 16 percent of all voters and 30 percent of Mets fans. "Play ball! Even with Willie Randolph moving to Shea, New Yorkers still back the Bombers in a World Series. What's with those Queens fans, who are evenly split between the Yankees and the Mets?" said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. From March 21 - 28, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,371 New York City registered voters, with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida and nationwide as a public service and for research. For additional data -- www.quinnipiac.edu or call (203) 582-5201 TREND: Do you think of yourself as a New York Yankees fan, or not? (* = Total residents) Yes No DK/NA Apr 1, 2005 51 48 1 Apr 1, 2002 56 41 3 Mar 16, 2000 57 40 3 Jul 28, 1998 56 42 2 Apr 9, 1998 51 47 3 Jun 15, 1997* 51 45 5 Nov 21, 1996 61 37 2 Apr 18, 1996 39 60 1 Oct 31, 1995* 43 54 3 Jul 25, 1995* 36 63 2 TREND: Do you plan on going to a Yankee home game this season, or not? Yes No DK/NA Apr 1, 2005 37 61 2 Apr 1, 2002 40 55 4 Mar 16, 2000 43 52 5 TREND: Do you think of yourself as a New York Mets fan, or not? (* = Total residents) Yes No DK/NA Apr 1, 2005 35 63 1 Apr 1, 2002 42 55 3 Mar 16, 2000 46 52 2 Jul 28, 1998 38 60 2 Apr 9, 1998 44 54 2 Jun 15, 1997* 37 58 5 Oct 31, 1995* 37 60 3 Jul 25, 1995* 36 64 - TREND: Do you plan on going to a Met home game this season, or not? Yes No DK/NA Apr 1, 2005 27 70 3 Apr 1, 2002 32 64 4 Mar 16, 2000 31 62 7 TREND: If there was a subway World Series this season, who would you want to win it - the Yankees or the Mets? Yanks Mets DK/NA Apr 1, 2005 51 36 13 Apr 1, 2002 47 38 14 Mar 16, 2000 52 35 13 Jul 28, 1998 60 28 13 24. Do you think of yourself as a New York Yankees fan, or not? Tot Brnx Kngs Man Qns StIsl Men Wom Yes 51% 65% 46% 53% 44% 60% 50% 52% No 48 33 54 45 54 40 49 47 DK/NA 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 25. Do you plan on going to a Yankee home game this season, or not? Tot Brnx Kngs Man Qns StIsl Men Wom Yes 37% 49% 34% 40% 29% 35% 45% 30% No 61 49 64 58 67 65 52 68 DK/NA 2 3 2 2 4 - 3 2 Yankee Fans Yes 59% No 38 DK/NA 3 26. Who is your favorite Yankee? Yankee Tot Fans Joe Dimaggio 1 1 Reggie Jackson 1 1 Derek Jeter 29 42 Mickey Mantle 1 1 Tino Martinez 1 1 Hideki Matsui 1 2 Don Mattingly 1 2 Mariano Rivera 2 3 Alex Rodriguez 3 4 Babe Ruth 1 - Gary Sheffield 1 1 Joe Torre 1 2 Bernie Williams 3 5 Yogi Berra - 1 Jason Giambi - 1 Mike Mussina - 1 Paul O'Neill - 1 No favorite/Like whole team 22 16 Other SPECIFY 2 2 DK/NA 27 12 27. Do you think of yourself as a New York Mets fan, or not? Tot Brnx Kngs Man Qns StIsl Men Wom Yes 35% 27% 37% 32% 41% 41% 42% 30% No 63 71 62 68 57 58 57 69 DK/NA 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 28. Do you plan on going to a Met home game this season, or not? Tot Brnx Kngs Man Qns StIsl Men Wom Yes 27% 22% 29% 22% 32% 27% 37% 19% No 70 75 68 75 64 69 59 78 DK/NA 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 Met Fans Yes 56% No 40 DK/NA 5 29. Who is your favorite Met? Met Tot Fans Carlos Beltran 2 3 John Franco 1 1 Tom Glavine - 1 Keith Hernandez 1 1 Pedro Martinez 4 7 Mike Piazza 16 30 Willie Randolph 2 3 Mookie Wilson - 1 David Wright 1 2 No favorite/Like whole team 27 19 Other SPECIFY 4 7 DK/NA 43 23 30. If there was a subway World Series this season, who would you want to win it - the Yankees or the Mets? Tot Brnx Kngs Man Qns StIsl Men Wom Yankees 51% 70% 47% 49% 44% 57% 49% 52% Mets 36 21 39 32 45 38 41 32 DK/NA 13 9 14 18 11 5 10 15
