SD-56: Siena Poll Shows Robach Still Up Over Dollinger
Looks like Robach’s widened his lead a little:
Robach leads Dollinger 52-39 percent, edging up slightly from 49-38 percent in the last poll. Robach has the support of 84 percent of Republicans and 34 percent of Democrats in this district with a large Democratic enrollment edge. Dollinger has the support of 55 percent of Democrats and 13 percent of Republicans. Robach leads among independent voters 56-37 percent, up from 46-34 percent. Dollinger leads by 11 points in Rochester and eight points in Brighton, however, Robach leads 67-27 percent in Greece and Parma.
Robach is viewed favorably by 62 percent of voters, including nearly half of Democrats, and unfavorably by 24 percent of voters, up slightly from 57-24 percent previously. Dollinger has a 43-34 percent favorable rating, compared to 36-25 percent in the last poll. His favorability rating among Democrats, 53-26 percent, is only slightly better than Robach’s 49-34 percent.
However, Robach has an 81-8 percent favorable rating with Republicans, compared to Dollinger’s 30-53 percent. And while Dollinger has 39-33 favorable rating with independent voters, Robach’s favorable rating with independents is 66-24 percent.
Obama has a commanding 61-32 percent lead over McCain.
“Senator Robach has strong support among Republicans and independent voters, as well as the support of more than one-third of Democrats. He enters the final week of the campaign in a strong position, particularly given the strength of Obama in this heavily Democratic district,” Greenberg said.
It’s all going to be about turnout now. And with a 39-33 fav/unfav (72% recognition) It looks like Dollinger could improve his name ID among independents. It’s frustrating that voters haven’t gotten the message that flipping the Senate is the best chance to fundamentally changing Albany.
The good news is, there’s still time to help out. Check out Dollinger’s website.
Related posts:
I think the Dollinger campaign needed to be more aggressive in its criticism of Robach. In my view the campaign stayed too much with the scripted general message that Albany is broken and less on Joe the crony.Joe is hardly a man for all seasons but nowadays tied at the waist to the Republican machine out here. Robach’s people have been squeezing to Rick’s supporters on the West side. It’s okay to call him on this. I’ve talked to many West siders of both political stripes who are appalled at Joe’s sense of entitlement and the low ball campaign tactics here.
[...] gets foiled over “the black eye” incident. Siena show Robach leading Dollinger in the [...]