NYC Adults
The teachers' union supports "last in, first out" for laying off New York City public school teachers, do you think their interest in keeping this rule is more to:
Keep teachers with the most experience in the classroom Just protect teachers with seniority Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
NYC Adults 35% 56% 9%
NYC Registered Voters 35% 57% 8%
Party Registration Democrat 37% 54% 9%
Republican 21% 71% 7%
Non-enrolled 40% 54% 6%
NYC Borough Bronx 34% 59% 8%
Brooklyn 42% 48% 10%
Manhattan 25% 62% 12%
Queens and Staten Island 36% 59% 6%
Income Less than $50,000 45% 47% 8%
$50,000 or more 27% 69% 4%
Race White 28% 64% 8%
African American 46% 49% 5%
Latino 41% 51% 8%
Education Not college graduate 41% 51% 8%
College graduate 27% 64% 9%
Age Under 45 41% 52% 7%
45 or older 30% 61% 9%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 46% 47% 7%
Gen X (31-46) 34% 59% 7%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 32% 61% 7%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 30% 57% 12%
Gender Men 37% 55% 8%
Women 33% 57% 9%
Households with children under 18 Household with children 37% 57% 6%
No children in household 34% 56% 10%
Parents with Children in NYC Public School 42% 53% 5%
Union Member in Household 31% 62% 7%
Interview Type Landline 34% 58% 8%
Cell Phone 43% 48% 9%
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.