Registered Voters
Do you approve or disapprove of how Mayor Michael Bloomberg is handling the proposal to build an Islamic community center and prayer space two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center?
Approve Disapprove Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
Registered Voters 42% 48% 10%
Party Registration Democrat 47% 44% 10%
Republican 24% 71% 5%
Non-enrolled 44% 48% 8%
Political Ideology Liberal 58% 32% 10%
Moderate 40% 49% 11%
Conservative 23% 68% 8%
Gender Men 46% 44% 10%
Women 38% 52% 11%
Race White 38% 54% 8%
African American 44% 50% 6%
Latino 44% 46% 10%
Religion Protestant 43% 46% 11%
Catholic 34% 58% 8%
Jewish 32% 58% 11%
Age Under 45 48% 38% 14%
45 or older 38% 55% 7%
Education Not college graduate 37% 55% 8%
College graduate 47% 40% 13%
Household Income Less than $50,000 37% 49% 14%
$50,000 or more 49% 45% 5%
NYC Borough Bronx 57% 34% 8%
Brooklyn 41% 52% 7%
Manhattan 43% 47% 10%
Queens and Staten Island 35% 51% 14%
Favor Building Islamic Center 83% 11% 6%
Oppose Building Islamic Center 10% 83% 6%
September 2010 Marist Poll New York City Registered Voters "N=616 MOE +/- 4%". Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.