NYC Adults
Mayor Bloomberg opposes "last in, first out" for laying off New York City public school teachers, do you think his interest in changing this rule is more to:
Close the city's budget deficit Weaken the teachers' union Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
NYC Adults 44% 43% 13%
NYC Registered Voters 45% 43% 12%
Party Registration Democrat 46% 44% 10%
Republican 44% 40% 16%
Non-enrolled 44% 45% 12%
NYC Borough Bronx 41% 51% 8%
Brooklyn 44% 41% 15%
Manhattan 49% 35% 16%
Queens and Staten Island 41% 47% 12%
Income Less than $50,000 45% 42% 13%
$50,000 or more 43% 48% 9%
Race White 46% 41% 13%
African American 38% 50% 12%
Latino 40% 48% 12%
Education Not college graduate 43% 43% 14%
College graduate 44% 44% 12%
Age Under 45 47% 42% 11%
45 or older 41% 45% 14%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 50% 38% 12%
Gen X (31-46) 42% 46% 11%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 42% 47% 11%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 40% 38% 22%
Gender Men 44% 44% 12%
Women 43% 43% 14%
Households with children under 18 Household with children 42% 46% 12%
No children in household 45% 41% 14%
Parents with Children in NYC Public School 40% 50% 10%
Union Member in Household 43% 48% 9%
Interview Type Landline 43% 42% 14%
Cell Phone 45% 47% 8%
NY1-Marist Poll NYC Adults: Interviews conducted March 22nd through 24th, 2011, N=772 MOE +/- 3.5%. Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.