BURSTMore than half of registered voters in New York said that they would prefer a different gubernatorial candidate to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) according to a new Siena College New York State Poll.
The poll, released Tuesday, found that 57 percent of respondents would prefer "someone else," compared to the 33 percent that said they would reelect Hochul. New York's gubernatorial election will be in 2026.
Of the 57 percent who want another candidate, less than half, 40 percent, were Democrats, and 65 percent were independents, the poll found. Eighty-five percent of Republicans also wanted someone else.
Of the 33 percent who want to see Hochul get reelected, 48 percent were Democrats, the poll showed.
The survey also found that respondents have a more unfavorable than favorable view of Hochul, 49 percent to 39 percent, which reflects a increase from October, which was 36 percent to 51 percent.
Hochul's job approval rating had a slight increase from October, which was at 41 percent to 51 percent, and is now at 46 percent to 49 percent, the survey found.
Voters, 43 percent, also said that Albany's main priority should be cost of living, according to the poll. Affordable housing and the influx of migrants followed at 19 percent, the survey revealed.
Seventy-seven percent of Democrats, 72 percent of independents and 60 percent of Republicans said that the cost of living is one of their main two priorities, the poll showed.
Seventy-one percent of voters viewed cost of living as one of their top two priorities, while 48 percent said the same for affordable housing, 38 percent for crime and 35 percent for the influx of migrants.
There was a slightly larger divide between the GOP and Democrats among those that viewed the influx of migrants as their top two priorities: 22 percent of Democrats, 36 percent of independents, and 60 percent of Republicans, the survey showed.
The majority, 54 percent, of respondents also said that New York state should support "any efforts the Trump administration will take to deport migrants living illegally" in the state, the poll found. Comparatively, 35 percent said they would oppose the federal government.
The poll was conducted from Dec. 2 to Dec. 5 and surveyed 834 registered voters in New York. The overall margin of error was 4.1 percentage points.