NYS Registered Voters
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 Registered Voters 39% 42% 19%
Party Registration Democrat 29% 49% 23%
Republican 52% 34% 14%
Non-enrolled 43% 42% 15%
Tea Party Supporters 60% 28% 12%
Political Ideology Liberal 33% 49% 18%
Moderate 34% 46% 20%
Conservative 53% 32% 16%
Region New York City 33% 44% 23%
Suburbs 46% 28% 26%
Upstate 39% 48% 13%
Income Less than $50,000 36% 46% 17%
$50,000 or more 44% 41% 15%
Education Not college graduate 38% 40% 23%
College graduate 40% 45% 15%
Age Under 45 42% 42% 16%
45 or older 37% 43% 20%
Age 18 to 29 33% 54% 13%
30 to 44 48% 33% 19%
45 to 59 37% 45% 18%
60 or older 37% 41% 22%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 37% 52% 12%
Gen X (31-46) 43% 37% 19%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 38% 42% 20%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 37% 41% 22%
Race White 39% 42% 18%
Non White 39% 43% 18%
Gender Men 45% 42% 13%
Women 34% 42% 24%
Interview Type Landline 39% 42% 19%
Cell Phone 38% 43% 18%
NY1/YNN-Marist Poll NYS Registered Voters: Interviews conducted October 25th through 27th, 2011, N=855 MOE +/- 3.5%. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.