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ALBANY, N.Y. — Registered voters across New York still favor Hillary Clinton.
“Whether voters have a clear candidate that they support, two thirds said yes they do. Among those, Hillary Clinton leads. She gets 36 percent saying that they support her,” said Steven Greenberg, Siena New York Poll Spokesman.
However, Democrats are split on whether she should end her campaign after Tuesday’s primaries if she continues to trail Barack Obama.
“It’s interesting that there’s this huge level of support for her, yet people are not sure whether she should continue her campaign after tomorrow. In fact, 28 percent of those who support Senator Clinton say that if she doesn’t do well tomorrow she should get out of the race,” said Greenberg.
A Siena Research Institute poll finds nearly half of voters in New York think Hillary Clinton should end her presidential campaign if she still trails Barack Obama after Tuesday’s big primaries. Ryan Peterson has the details.
Not surprisingly, Greenberg says, the majority of Republicans and Independents think her time is up if she fails to gain any ground.
When broken down by gender, the poll finds that women are also split — 42 percent think Clinton should step aside if she trails and 43 percent think she should stick it out. Men favor her ending her campaign 47 to 32 percent.
Greenberg said the poll has also shown the heightened interest this campaign has generated so far. He said it’s a perfect combination of the economy, the war in Iraq and our candidates.
“For the first time since 1952, it is not an incumbent president or a sitting vice-president who’s going to be a nominee. It really is making for a perfect storm for voter interest,” said Greenberg.
The poll also found that 56 percent of New Yorkers are satisfied with the choice of candidates in this year’s election. Here’s where Hillary gains some ground. Of the top three, Clinton’s favorability went up a point, while McCain and Obama’s fell slightly.

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