Monday, May 22, 2017

DE BLASIO'S POLL NUMBERS SOARING

Mayor Bill de Blasio received some very good news with the latest Quinnipiac Poll showing that he suddently has a 60% approval rating. This is up from 50% positive in February.

Beating corruption charges matters or maybe it was that UFT endorsement that caused the mayor's poll numbers to rise.

This is from Politico NY's story on the poll:

De Blasio, who is facing little in the way of opposition as he seeks re-election in November, also has majority support for his second-term bid, the poll shows. Fifty-seven percent of New York City voters say he deserves re-election, compared with 35 percent who believe he doesn’t.

If the election were held today, de Blasio would trounce his two declared Republican mayoral challengers, real estate executive Paul Massey and Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis.


De Blasio would beat Massey by a 63-21 percent margin, and would beat Malliotakis by a 64-21 percent margin, the poll showed. 

Since he has no serious opposition for reelection, is this as good as it going to get for teachers and other union workers in the city?

As for who still opposes de Blasio, we go back to Politico:

Just 39 percent of white voters said they approve of the job de Blasio is doing as mayor, while 55 percent said they disapproved. 

Another recent poll from NY1-Baruch College contradicted those findings on white voters. NY1 had the mayor at 51% approval among whites.

Not to be outdone, Governor Andrew Cuomo's poll numbers are flying high too. He has a 69% approval rating from NYC according to the Quinnipiac's poll.

I guess we might be getting the early 2018 UFT-NYSUT endorsement for Cuomo soon.

What is fueling this increase in popularity for the mayor and governor? Being anti-Donald Trump seems to be all that a NY politician needs to do to gain public support.

Comptoller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Letitia James did well in the poll too.

58 comments:

Anonymous said...

The lazy slob hasn't done anything thing for NYC. Just goes to show you how stupid New Yorkers are.

Anonymous said...

And, as stated many times, he believes in social justice, free rides for criminals, the minorities love him.

Anonymous said...

Hey remember people, diblasio is a friend of ours!!!!!!!!!!! WHile he may not be perfect could anyone imagine having bloomberg or moskowitch in the mayors office?? So remember to count your blessings for diblasio who is a friend of ours and to public education!!!1

Michael Fiorillo said...

Though I assume you were being facetious, De Blasio's rise in the polls can't possibly be due to the UFT endorsement which, like that of the AFT, is usually the Kiss of Death...

Anonymous said...

Trump trying to cut food stamps, oh know, riot in the streets, bums might have to go to work.

Anonymous said...

How can we get the mayor to improve the situation for the ATRS? Did he not say he would change the DOE for the better and get rid of the Bloomberg policies? He can start with getting rid of Farina who has basically kept all Bloomberg policies and cronies. We want someone who is supportive of teachers! What kind of pressure can we put on him? The UFT should not just support him blindly without real discussions about change!

Anonymous said...

James, On Friday, principals gave out hundreds of excess letters to provisionally placed ATRs. Now if the DOE plans on force placing ATRs, why was that done? This is the third May in a row this has been done to me in a different school. The UFT is giving us no information other than there is no new ATR agreement.

waitingforsupport said...

Hey 7:45 am how did you poll the minorities?

waitingforsupport said...

@9:48 am not all poor whites are bums...stop attacking

waitingforsupport said...

Hey 7:45 am how did you poll the minorities?

Anonymous said...

You must not be smart...Just look at the poll numbers. And why did you refer to whites as bums? I didnt see white or black mentioned anywhere in the bum comment. All I see is that deblasio does better with minorities, which is fact. Reread the article...

Anonymous said...

This guy waiting for support is amazing, he is the first one to scream racist, and then is the first one to badmouth others. Maybe a guilty conscience...

Anonymous said...

The ATR agreement expired! We like that! What I do not understand is why the UFT does not reach out for info from the ATRs! Are we not dues paying members who have been abused for at least a decade! Veteran teachers and other staff treated as temps!

It is certain there will be an agreement but what will it look like?

Anonymous said...

Haha, yeah, he also denies facts like who commits crime, then calls racist...Maybe if he raised his own black kids better the city college ready rate would be a drop better.

waitingforsupport said...

I'm possibly not as smart as you. 9:48 am said "Trump trying to cut food stamps...bums etc". I thought the majority of food stamp users were poor whites.

waitingforsupport said...

Hahaha...if i had black children they would certainly know how to deal with the likes of you. Hahahaha...maybe if you raised your white kids better,the opioid abuse rate would drop and peace around the world would rise. Hahahahaha

waitingforsupport said...

Read a history book @ 2:30. Donnie Trump said it nicely,"America isn't innocent."
Crime? How about crimes against humanity? Indians? You do realize America had inhabitants before Europe stopped by and stayed? Guess how Europe got America? Here's a clue, "a crime was committed." Hey you're being robbed right now and it ain't by a black/brown kid. You are crying about the DOE/UFTA not cluing us in on the so-called "Atr" agreement but when someone else wants something you beat them down. Go READ a history book.

Anonymous said...

Deblasio is a lock for re-election. The question is----is he that popular--that he might try to get a 3rd term--like Bloomberg in 2021?

Anonymous said...

from nyc.gov
and then take into account how many whites and blacks there are, means blacks are the huge, huge majority doing the crime. but im sure you will argue with city facts, from the city.

murder black 52% white 7%
rape black 44% white 7%
robbery black 59% white 6%

waitingforsupport said...

Let's say your numbers are right...
What do you have to say about the whites who commit murder rape and robbery?

Anonymous said...

They should be locked up as well, for a very long time, if not forever, I dont dispute that. I never said whites are free to commit crime. The numbers just show who, in large majority, do these things.

waitingforsupport said...

Yes. Lock them all up! Now what do you say about white privilege and how it's negatively affected generations of people of color all over the world?

Anonymous said...

No such thing

waitingforsupport said...

Lol....delusional.
ATRs will be sold out

Anonymous said...

My nigga

waitingforsupport said...

@1;44 and 2:30 looky looky at 8;07 pm LMAO...Teachers rock!!!!

waitingforsupport said...

Opiods have gone mainstream...blame the blacks and browns Rofl

waitingforsupport said...

Black college graduate murdered in Md

Anonymous said...

Post the article

Anonymous said...

University of Maryland Fatal Stabbing Investigated by FBI as Possible Hate Crime
by DANIELLA SILVA

Maryland authorities have asked the FBI to help them investigate whether the fatal stabbing of a black student at a college campus over the weekend was a hate crime.

The tragedy comes as civil rights groups expressed great concern over what they said was a rise of bias incidents across the nation's schools.

Richard Wilbur Collins III, 23, was killed early Saturday while visiting friends at the University of Maryland's College Park campus. Collins, a senior at Bowie State University, was just days away from his graduation.

Play The stabbing death of Collins (pictured) is being investigated as a hate crime Facebook Twitter Embed
The stabbing death of Collins (pictured) is being investigated as a hate crime 1:53
He'd finished the ROTC program in college and had been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. army on Thursday, according to officials.

The victim was stabbed to death by 22-year-old suspect old Sean Christopher Urbanski, a white student at the University of Maryland, in what was first described as a "totally unprovoked" attack, authorities said.

University of Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell said Sunday evening at a press conference that he asked the FBI's field office in Baltimore to aid in the investigation after it was discovered that Urbanski belonged to a Facebook group, "Alt-Reich: Nation," which featured bigoted posts.

"Suffice it to say that it's despicable," Mitchell said. "It shows extreme bias against women, Latinos, members of the Jewish faith and especially African Americans."

Mitchell said local police and the FBI will probe whether hate or bias was a motive in the murder. He said he had not seen specific postings from Urbanski on the website yet.

"We are here to evaluate that as an ongoing concern with respect to whether or not this was a hate crime," Gordon Johnson, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Baltimore, said at the press conference.

Urbanski has been charged with first and second-degree murder and first-degree assault and is being held in a county jail, officials said.

He was ordered to remain in jail without bond at a court hearing Monday afternoon, according to a clerk at the Prince George's County District Court.

Anonymous said...

"Suffice it to say that it's despicable," Mitchell said. "It shows extreme bias against women, Latinos, members of the Jewish faith and especially African Americans."

Sounds like the guy who posts here all the time.

waitingforsupport said...

Hear ye hear ye...this is the reason why I call a racist by his/her name RACIST...see 8:07pm. The gnat is buzzing about using words he/she believes has power. I can smell a racist from his/her mother's womb...

waitingforsupport said...

I don't know if it's one guy/girl or an entire contingency--the signer is "anonymous". I do know that he/she is ignorant and fearful. I hope it isn't a teacher but whateverrrrrr. So there's talk about the ATRs

Harris L. said...

Gee, that was edifying....

I was about to comment that there's an old saying in politics "you can't be somebody with nobody" but I think I need to take a shower first.

Harris L. said...

"beat"

Anonymous said...

But its not racist when black students say that word a million times per day?

Anonymous said...

Of course not, but like with everthing else, nobody will stop them, they will get away with it, then they will play the race card with everyone else.

waitingforsupport said...

Where is the rock from which you crawled

waitingforsupport said...

The racist wants some company? Own your title

Anonymous said...

Which part is untrue?

waitingforsupport said...

Look elsewhere for clarity...your hateful heart is closed. If you are a teacher, the students Know you LOL

Anonymous said...

Waitingforsupport-
You claim white privilage? That is a phony narrative made up by the lefties, of which you are a member.White European immigrants, my ancestors, built this country. If you are looking to label someone a racist, just look in the mirror.

Anonymous said...

He would never. When you give him simple facts and stats, totally proven, he yells racist, and says everyone knows it. When you ask him a question, he refuses to answer.

Anonymous said...

Oh by the way, he complains about anonymouus while he doesnt list his own name. And wont say blacks commit most of the crime while its a scientific fact, just like muslims commit terrorism.

waitingforsupport said...

Lol...comedy hour.
Any updates on the ATRs?

waitingforsupport said...

Yes you're right about everything. Ok any updates about ATRs

waitingforsupport said...

You're right too. Very insightful. Are you a history teacher. I'm amazed ROFL

waitingforsupport said...

I thought WASPs built the country using free labor?

Anonymous said...

These are the hands that built America. It was the Irish. Just ask U2. Great song by the way.

waitingforsupport said...

Yes....the irish got it.

Anonymous said...

8:22 --Irish in 20th century NY were lucky. The economy was good (after the depression), unions took off, the Irish ran City Hall for awhile, JFK was elected. Of course, speaking English and being white also helped.
Today is a new day though. No shame in being Irish or anything else. Climate change, unsafe water-we have big challenges- we Irish can't solve these problems alone, we all need to work together!

Anonymous said...

What about the Italians? We built NY too.

Anonymous said...

Immigrants have always built NY.

waitingforsupport said...

Everyone built NY.

waitingforsupport said...

Everyone built NY.

Anonymous said...

Not luck 11:39 pm. Skill. Irish skill.

waitingforsupport said...

Lol....mercy the pat is a lot. Ok yes yes skill. Best in the world. No one better...any updates on the ATRs

Anonymous said...

Sorry, 8:22, I don't agree. Maybe we can agree to disagree.