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New York Poll on Rudolph Giuliani vs. Hillary Clinton

Giuliani vs. Clinton, Zogby NY Poll, Sept. 8-10, 1999, 710 likely voters
(1) "If the election for New York State Senator were held today and the candidates were Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani, for whom would you vote?"

(2) "There is proposed legislation which would require all public school instruction to be conducted in English and for students not fluent in English to be placed in an intensive one-year English immersion program. Rudolph Giuliani supports this legislation while Hillary Clinton opposes this legislation. Considering this, would you strongly support Rudolph Giuliani, somewhat support him, strongly support Hillary Clinton, or somewhat support her for the Senate?"

  ALL DEM REP Others White Latino Asian Black MEN WOM
Support Clinton 44 69 15 36 36 42 68 87 36 51
Support Giuliani 48 22 76 56 55 52 32 10 57 39
Other 3 3 3 2 3 6 - - 2 3
Not sure 6 6 6 6 7 - - 3 6 7
Net Giuliani 4 (47) 61 20 19 10 (36) (77) 21 (12)

After "English Legislation" Push Question

  ALL DEM REP Others White Latino Asian Black MEN WOM
Strongly Giuliani 51 37 67 54 56 47 14 29 57 45
Somewhat Giuliani 17 18 17 16 18 18 66 15 18 17
Total Giuliani 68 55 84 70 74 65 80 44 75 62
Not Sure 6 8 3 6 6 11 - 6 5 7
Total Clinton 25 36 13 24 20 25 19 49 20 30
Somewhat Clinton 11 15 6 12 10 12 - 18 10 12
Strongly Clinton 14 21 7 12 10 13 19 31 10 18
Net Giuliani Support 43 19 71 46 54 40 61 (5) 55 32
Net Swing to Giuliani +39 +66 +10 +26 +45 +30 +97 +72 +34 +44


  NYC Suburb Upstate Jewish Catholic Union B/Again under $15K over $75K
Support Clinton 56 36 40 56 35 46 46 53 39
Support Giuliani 38 59 46 35 57 45 41 36 54
Other 2 1 4 1 4 3 5 - 3
Not sure 4 4 9 8 4 6 7 11 4
Net Giuliani (18) 23 6 (21) 22 (1) (5) (17) 15

After "English Legislation" Push Question

  NYC Suburb Upstate Jewish Catholic Union B/Again under $15K over $75K
Strongly Giuliani 46 59 48 48 59 46 47 50 53
Somewhat Giuliani 18 18 17 21 15 20 22 11 16
Total Giuliani 64 77 65 69 74 66 69 61 69
Not Sure 6 4 7 4 5 7 5 4 6
Total Clinton 29 19 27 28 21 24 26 35 25
Somewhat Clinton 14 8 11 10 9 10 9 12 13
Strongly Clinton 15 11 16 18 12 14 17 23 12
Net Giuliani Support 35 58 38 41 53 42 43 26 44
Net Swing to Giuliani +53 +35 +32 +62 +31 +43 +48 +43 +29