NYS Employed Adults
If you were to lose your job, would it be very difficult, difficult, not very difficult, or not difficult at all to find another similar position about the same distance from your home?
Very difficult Difficult Not very difficult Not difficult at all
Row % Row % Row % Row %
NYS Employed Adults 46% 30% 19% 5%
NYS Registered Voters 48% 28% 19% 4%
Party Registration Democrat 51% 26% 19% 4%
Republican 46% 32% 18% 4%
Non-enrolled 47% 29% 21% 3%
Tea Party Supporters 54% 26% 16% 4%
Political Ideology Liberal 56% 21% 20% 2%
Moderate 43% 34% 20% 3%
Conservative 47% 26% 17% 10%
Region New York City 47% 31% 18% 4%
Suburbs 50% 24% 22% 5%
Upstate 43% 33% 19% 5%
Income Less $50,000 51% 31% 14% 5%
$50,000 to just under $100,000 47% 30% 18% 5%
$100,000 or more 40% 28% 28% 4%
Income Less than $50,000 51% 31% 14% 5%
$50,000 or more 43% 29% 23% 5%
Education Not college graduate 45% 31% 19% 5%
College graduate 47% 28% 20% 4%
Age Under 45 39% 33% 23% 4%
45 or older 54% 26% 16% 5%
Race White 47% 30% 20% 4%
Non White 45% 29% 20% 5%
Gender Men 46% 34% 16% 4%
Women 47% 26% 23% 5%
Own or Rent Home Own 46% 29% 21% 4%
Rent 46% 33% 15% 6%
Interview Type Landline 48% 28% 19% 5%
Cell Phone 42% 34% 20% 4%
NY1/YNN-Marist Poll NYS Employed Adults: Interviews conducted April 25th through 29th, 2011, N=526 MOE +/- 4.5%. Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.