Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New York City Mayoral Survey

Quinnipiac New York City Mayoral Survey

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling his job as Mayor?

• Approve 45%
• Disapprove 43%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Ray Kelly is handling his job as Police Commissioner?

• Approve 67%
• Disapprove 17%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

• Approve 67%
• Disapprove 27%

Now I'm going to name recent New York City's Mayors. Please rate the job each one did as Mayor as excellent, good, not so good, or poor.

Michael Bloomberg

• Excellent 13%
• Good 45%
• Not so good 27%
• Poor 14%

Rudy Giuliani

• Excellent 24%
• Good 38%
• Not so good 20%
• Poor 15%

David Dinkins

• Excellent 7%
• Good 35%
• Not so good 25%
• Poor 19%

Ed Koch

• Excellent 17%
• Good 49%
• Not so good 12%
• Poor 6%

Abe Beame

• Excellent 2%
• Good 27%
• Not so good 17%
• Poor 6%

John Lindsay

• Excellent 7%
• Good 27%
• Not so good 13%
• Poor 8%

Which one do you think did the best job as Mayor? Michael Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani, David Dinkins, Koch, Abe Beame, or John Lindsay?

• Rudy Giuliani 34%
• Michael Bloomberg 26%
• Ed Koch 20%
• David Dinkins 7%
• John Lindsay 6%
• Abe Beame 1%

Now I'm going to name eight people who might run for mayor in 2013. After I read all eight names, please tell me which one you would most like to see elected mayor in 2013. Here are the choices: Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former City Comptroller William Thompson, Publisher Tom Allon or Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

• Ray Kelly 23%
• Christine Quinn 18%
• Marty Markowitz 12%
• John Liu 10%
• William Thompson 8%
• Bill de Blasio 6%
• Scott Stringer 4%
• Tom Allon 1%

Would you call Michael Bloomberg's nearly ten years as Mayor mainly a success or mainly a failure?

• Success 63%
• Failure 26%

Survey of 1,234 registered voters was conducted July 19-25, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points