NYS Adults
Hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as hydrofracking, is a process of splitting rocks underground to remove natural gas. From what you have read or heard, do you generally support or oppose hydrofracking?
Support Oppose Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
NYS Adults 32% 37% 31%
Region New York City 28% 34% 38%
Suburbs 38% 31% 32%
Upstate 33% 45% 22%
Income Less $50,000 25% 40% 35%
$50,000 to just under $100,000 41% 35% 25%
$100,000 or more 34% 40% 26%
Income Less than $50,000 25% 40% 35%
$50,000 or more 38% 37% 25%
Education Not college graduate 34% 32% 34%
College graduate 30% 44% 26%
Age Under 45 28% 38% 34%
45 or older 35% 36% 29%
Age 18 to 29 24% 36% 40%
30 to 44 31% 40% 28%
45 to 59 37% 38% 24%
60 or older 33% 33% 34%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 26% 38% 36%
Gen X (31-46) 33% 38% 29%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 35% 39% 26%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 34% 31% 35%
Race White 34% 37% 29%
Non White 28% 37% 35%
Gender Men 41% 33% 26%
Women 23% 41% 36%
Interview Type Landline 31% 37% 32%
Cell Phone 34% 39% 27%
NY1/YNN-Marist Poll NYS Adults: Interviews conducted July 28th through July 31st, 2011, N=600 MOE +/- 4%. Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.