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 Give himself more control over the public schools Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
NYC Adults 38% 50% 12%
NYC Registered Voters 38% 51% 12%
Party Registration Democrat 37% 51% 12%
Republican 38% 48% 14%
Non-enrolled 40% 52% 8%
NYC Borough Bronx 38% 52% 10%
Brooklyn 36% 54% 10%
Manhattan 43% 42% 15%
Queens and Staten Island 37% 50% 13%
Income Less than $50,000 39% 52% 9%
$50,000 or more 35% 54% 11%
Race White 43% 43% 14%
African American 32% 56% 11%
Latino 36% 54% 11%
Education Not college graduate 40% 49% 11%
College graduate 37% 51% 12%
Age Under 45 42% 49% 9%
45 or older 34% 51% 15%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 43% 51% 5%
Gen X (31-46) 39% 50% 12%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 36% 51% 13%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 34% 46% 20%
Gender Men 40% 49% 11%
Women 36% 51% 13%
Households with children under 18 Household with children 36% 55% 9%
No children in household 40% 46% 14%
Parents with Children in NYC Public School 34% 57% 8%
Union Member in Household 32% 59% 9%
Interview Type Landline 37% 50% 13%
Cell Phone 45% 50% 5%
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.