Siena Research Institute

of Siena College, Loudonville, NY.

For Immediate Release: Tuesday - November 6, 2001

Job Approval Numbers Continue to Climb for Pataki and Bush

Schumer Holds Steady, But Clinton Suffers Decline

Loudonville, New York - President George W. Bush and Governor George Pataki continued to rack up record job approval ratings with New Yorkers last month according to the latest survey by the Siena College Research Institute (SRI). Overall, the President scored an 82% level of satisfaction, while the Governor rose to 80%. Meanwhile, Congress and the State Legislature each posted a one point increase, bringing their ratings to 77% and 48%, respectively.

“Once again, we’ve seen across the board approval increases for both President Bush and Governor Pataki,” said SRI Senior Analyst Bryan Jackson. “In particular, the President’s handling of the terrorist attacks has gained him tremendous support among New Yorkers. With 82% now saying he’s doing a good job, it marks a 43 point increase in his standing since July.”

Jackson noted that the President had done even better with Democrats in the Empire State, with his popularity surging 58 points since its low point with that group last June. And, over the past month, the President saw a significant jump among residents of New York City -- 9 points -- to bring his satisfaction level with them to 77%.

Governor Pataki further solidified his approval numbers as well during October with an overall increase of 5 points. His biggest boost -- 10 points --came from wealthier New Yorkers ($50K+) and from members of his own Republican Party -- up 9 points.

Meanwhile, overall approval inched upwards to 77% for Congress and 48% for the State Legislature. For the Congress, the biggest increase -- 5 points -- came from Republicans. For the State Legislature, the largest jumps were among older New Yorkers (up 5 points), and among older and wealthier New Yorkers (each up 4 points).

Changes were less favorable for New York’s two U.S. Senators. Senior Senator Chuck Schumer remained at an overall 59% approval rating, while Hillary Clinton dropped 2 points to 54%. Schumer’s biggest boost came from men -- up 6 points -- but was offset by an identical drop with women. For Clinton, there were several substantial declines, most notably among New York City residents (down 7 points), older state residents (down 8 points), and among women (down 6 points).

“It would appear that Mrs. Clinton continues to be dogged by a base of disapproval that seems to range between a quarter and one third of all New Yorkers,” Jackson said. “Meanwhile, Schumer is still struggling to get beyond the roughly 25% who continue to say they still don’t know enough about him.”

The SRI survey was conducted during the month of October by random telephone calls to 615 New York State residents over the age of 18. It has a margin of error of +/-4.0 points. For more information or comment, please contact SRI Senior Analyst Bryan Jackson at 518-783-2431 (SRI) or 518-581-8959 (home). SRI surveys are also available on the Internet at: www.siena.edu/sri.

SIENA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NEW YORK STATE SURVEY
Conducted by the Siena Research Institute of Siena College, Loudonville, NY.
Approval Ratings Only
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
		LOCATION		POLITICAL PARTY			GENDER		AGE		INCOME
	Overall	NYC	NYS outside NYC	DEMS	REPUB	Other	M	F	- 55	55+	-$50M	$50M+
Oct-01	82	77	85	74	94	80	84	81	80	87	79	86
Sep-01	77	68	83	69	91	77	78	76	76	81	75	80
Aug-01	45	42	47	25	77	49	47	44	45	47	46	49
Jul-01	39	34	42	19	67	42	41	37	39	42	33	44
Jun-01	42	39	43	16	79	38	47	36	39	47	41	46
May-01	50	42	55	31	78	46	52	48	55	43	52	50
Apr-01	53	46	57	37	80	46	58	48	51	57	51	56
Mar-01	47	41	51	25	75	47	51	44	46	48	42	53
Feb-01	45	39	48	26	79	39	45	45	43	49	39	50
2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
		LOCATION		POLITICAL PARTY			GENDER		AGE		INCOME
	Overall	NYC	NYS outside NYC	DEMS	REPUB	Other	M	F	- 55	55+	-$50M	$50M+
Oct-01	77	69	82	75	87	70	76	79	78	76	71	83
Sep-01	76	69	80	75	82	69	74	77	77	74	71	81
Aug-01	42	39	43	37	55	39	42	42	42	41	34	50
Jul-01	42	41	43	43	48	40	40	44	48	32	36	52
Jun-01	44	46	43	34	58	43	47	41	49	34	32	56
May-01	44	36	48	37	62	35	43	45	46	40	44	43
Apr-01	51	50	51	48	65	41	52	50	52	49	48	57
Mar-01	46	42	47	39	57	42	46	45	49	39	41	50
Feb-01	48	45	50	39	66	44	51	45	52	42	40	56
Jan-01	51	48	52	54	59	40	50	51	57	41	52	52
Dec-00	42	41	42	40	48	41	37	46	46	33	38	44
Nov-00	44	43	44	42	59	33	45	43	47	38	44	43
Oct-00	44	45	44	51	44	40	43	46	49	37	42	49

3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George Pataki is handling his job as governor?
		LOCATION		POLITICAL PARTY			GENDER		AGE		INCOME
	Overall	NYC	NYS outside NYC	DEMS	REPUB	Other	M	F	- 55	55+	-$50M	$50M+
Oct-01	80	78	80	75	88	76	79	80	79	81	75	84
Sep-01	75	73	76	73	79	72	72	77	73	79	75	74
Aug-01	58	56	59	52	67	57	59	56	54	65	60	58
Jul-01	60	60	61	54	78	56	62	59	60	62	58	62
Jun-01	63	63	63	48	79	63	67	58	61	64	60	62
May-01	66	61	68	54	78	66	68	63	63	69	65	65
Apr-01	62	59	63	57	74	53	63	60	60	64	60	63
Mar-01	61	55	64	55	74	57	64	58	61	61	55	66
Feb-01	61	60	62	51	83	55	60	62	58	68	57	64
Jan-01	63	56	66	58	81	55	63	63	63	64	64	67
Dec-00	56	47	60	50	79	47	51	60	55	57	56	56
Nov-00	59	56	60	52	78	56	62	56	57	63	59	59
Oct-00	57	51	61	54	67	58	60	54	54	62	54	62

4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the New York State Legislature is handling its job?
		LOCATION		POLITICAL PARTY			GENDER		AGE		INCOME
	Overall	NYC	NYS outside NYC	DEMS	REPUB	Other	M	F	- 55	55+	-$50M	$50M+
Oct-01	48	49	47	46	51	46	45	52	51	43	45	52
Sep-01	47	48	46	47	50	42	43	51	52	38	45	48
Aug-01	33	30	34	36	35	28	32	34	33	33	33	35
Jul-01	26	29	25	28	28	24	25	28	29	20	24	29
Jun-01	39	42	38	34	40	43	38	41	42	32	28	45
May-01	41	39	43	39	41	44	42	41	43	38	41	42
Apr-01	44	47	43	47	53	30	45	43	45	43	43	48
Mar-01	44	42	46	44	46	44	47	42	46	42	42	47
Feb-01	49	50	48	47	55	42	47	50	51	43	43	54
Jan-01	50	51	49	53	55	43	50	50	52	46	52	50
Dec-00	53	50	54	50	68	44	54	52	54	48	48	56
Nov-00	46	42	48	46	51	43	46	46	46	45	46	48
Oct-00	45	43	45	50	46	39	43	46	45	44	41	50

SIENA RESEARCH INSTITUTE

NEW YORK STATE SURVEY

Conducted by the Siena Research Institute of Siena College, Loudonville, NY.

Approval Ratings Only

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Hillary Clinton is handling her job as Senator?

LOCATION
POLITICAL PARTY GENDER
AGE

INCOME

Overall NYC NYS outside NYC DEMS REPUB Other M F - 55 55+ -$50M $50M+

Approve 10/2001 54 59 51 76 38 44 50 58 56 49 53 56

Disapprove 30 28 31 12 45 36 34 26 28 33 29 31

Don't know 13 9 14 10 13 16 12 13 12 14 15 10

No Opinion 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4

Approve 9/2001 56 66 49 71 39 49 47 64 56 57 56 57

Disapprove 25 17 30 10 45 28 29 20 25 25 23 26

Don't know 15 12 17 17 13 14 18 12 16 13 17 13

No Opinion 4 5 4 3 3 9 6 3 4 6 4 4

Approve 8/2001 54 61 50 77 35 38 51 57 54 53 53 54

Disapprove 26 22 28 8 48 35 27 25 24 30 28 26

Don't know 15 12 17 13 11 20 15 15 17 10 14 15

No Opinion 5 5 6 2 7 7 7 4 5 6 5 6

Approve 7/2001 54 62 49 72 35 50 51 56 57 47 49 62

Approve 6/2001 58 59 57 75 40 55 56 59 63 48 53 63

Approve 5/2001 51 57 47 74 27 47 47 54 52 49 50 52

2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Chuck Schumer is handling his job as Senator?

LOCATION
POLITICAL PARTY GENDER
AGE

INCOME

Overall NYC NYS outside NYC DEMS REPUB Other M F - 55 55+ -$50M $50M+

Approve 10/2001 59 59 59 65 54 58 61 57 57 62 53 65

Disapprove 15 19 13 9 20 17 18 12 15 16 14 16

Don't know 23 20 24 24 23 21 18 27 25 20 29 17

No Opinion 3 2 4 3 3 5 3 4 4 2 3 3

Approve 9/2001 59 60 58 65 51 60 55 63 58 63 53 65

Disapprove 11 11 11 6 18 11 14 8 10 12 11 12

Don't know 26 25 26 25 27 24 27 24 28 21 32 21

No Opinion 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 3

Approve 8/2001 53 57 52 65 41 49 54 53 51 59 50 55

Disapprove 15 13 16 10 28 13 15 15 15 16 16 17

Don't know 26 27 26 23 22 33 25 27 28 22 29 23

No Opinion 5 4 6 3 9 6 5 5 6 3 6 5

Approve 7/2001 52 56 49 65 42 47 51 53 50 57 50 56

Approve 6/2001 63 64 63 70 52 66 57 69 62 66 58 64

Approve 5/2001 60 59 59 65 51 63 63 56 59 62 51 66

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Last Updated on November 14, 2003
By Siena College
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