Registered Voters
Overall, in the past 8 years since Michael Bloomberg became mayor, do you think: The city's public schools are better, worse, or about the same?
Better Worse About the same
Row % Row % Row %
Registered Voters 29% 37% 34%
Party Registration Democrat 31% 35% 34%
Republican 21% 37% 41%
Non-enrolled 30% 39% 31%
Political Ideology Liberal 33% 34% 34%
Moderate 31% 36% 33%
Conservative 27% 37% 36%
Gender Men 29% 38% 33%
Women 30% 37% 34%
Race White 28% 32% 40%
African American 37% 32% 31%
Latino 25% 43% 33%
Religion Protestant 36% 39% 25%
Catholic 24% 38% 37%
Jewish 29% 32% 39%
White Catholics White Catholics 27% 34% 38%
Age Under 45 30% 38% 31%
45 or older 28% 36% 36%
Education Not college graduate 23% 47% 30%
College graduate 35% 29% 36%
Household Income Less than $50,000 27% 39% 34%
$50,000 or more 31% 32% 36%
NYC Borough Bronx 33% 46% 21%
Brooklyn 29% 40% 31%
Manhattan 32% 26% 41%
Queens and Staten Island 26% 39% 35%
April 2010 Marist Poll New York City Registered Voters "N=602 MOE +/- 4%". Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.