Poll: New Yorkers favoring Giuliani for governor in 2006

April 14, 2004, 11:03 AM EDT


Republican, new 3rd graf; Adds poll was conducted by telephone and fixes dates to April 5-12 sted "between April 5 and April 12," new last graf

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is an early favorite for governor in 2006 among New York voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.

In a series of hypothetical matchups, registered voters favored Democratic U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer over incumbent Republican Gov. George Pataki 51 percent to 39 percent if the 2006 governor's race were held now. They favored Democratic state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over Pataki 47 percent to 42 percent.

Surveyed voters preferred Republican Giuliani over Schumer for governor by 56 percent to 36 percent. They favored the ex-mayor over Spitzer 59 percent to 34 percent.

more: http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/politics/wire/ny-bc-ny--quinnipiacpoll0414apr14,0,6170733.story?coll=ny-nycpolitics-wire

Not if my in-laws have anything to say about it. However, coming from CA, I can hardly lecture to them about selecting a governor.

For crying out loud...06!!!!!! How about the pollsters sticking to '04 until it's over. 2 years ago, most people thought Bush was an easy reelection. As Randi Rhodes would say, "Shut Up!"

are okay, run on that platform.