NY: Quinnipiac University: Obama leads Romney by 17, Santorum by 18

[Tender Branson]

New Poll: New York President by Quinnipiac University on 2012-02-13

Summary: D: 52%, R: 35%, U: 11%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

53-35 Obama/Santorum

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

He should be leading much more against Santorum...

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

People who would vote Republican in most of New York outside the city in the first place tend to be receptive to Santorum-style right-populism.

[King]

If the economy keeps up the trend, Obama might get 70% in NY.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I think the GOP has a floor of 35% or so in NY, so I doubt Obama could hit 70%. If he does, he will likely have one of the biggest blowouts in history.

[Eraserhead]

Quinnipiac seems a little (R) friendly at the moment, huh?

Does anyone really think Santorum would do so much better than McCain did?

[mondale84]

Junk poll

[minionofmidas]

People who would vote Republican in most of New York outside the city in the first place tend to be receptive to Santorum-style right-populism.

Make that outside the suburbs (and the Upper East Side), actually.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

People who would vote Republican in most of New York outside the city in the first place tend to be receptive to Santorum-style right-populism.

Make that outside the suburbs (and the Upper East Side), actually.

All right. Upstate, in general, is rather more likely to be Santorum Country than Romney Country (though I still think Obama wins most everything of importance east of the Finger Lakes against Rick; east of the Finger Lakes and north of the Tappan Zee, though, he's liable to annihilate Romney at this rate).

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

If the economy keeps up the trend, Obama might get 70% in NY.

Nah, he hit a ceiling in NYC in 2008 due to his pro-bailout position. If it's Mitt, he won't improve on his 2008 margin unless it's a total landslide.