Question:
If the 2010 election for United States Senator were held today and the candidates were Kirsten Gillibrand on the Democratic line and
George Pataki on the Republican line, who would you vote for? (CANDIDATE CHOICES WERE ROTATED)
DATE GILLIBRAND PATAKI DON’T KNOW/NO OPINION
December 2009 46 43 12
November 2009 45 44 12
October 2009 41 46 13
August 2009 39 42 18
May 2009 43 43 14
March 2009 41 41 18
HIGHEST EVER 46 (12/09) 46 (10/09) 18 (8/09, 3/09)
LOWEST EVER 39 (8/09) 41 (3/09) 12 (12/09, 11/09)

If the 2010 election for United States Senator were held today and the candidates were Kirsten Gillibrand on the Democratic line and
Rudy Giuliani on the Republican line, who would you vote for? (CANDIDATE CHOICES WERE ROTATED)
DATE GILLIBRAND GIULIANI DON’T KNOW/NO OPINION
December 2009 42 49 9
November 2009 43 49 8
October 2009 36 53 10
September 2009 38 46 16
January 2009 44 42 14
HIGHEST EVER 44 (1/09) 53 (10/09) 16 (9/09)
LOWEST EVER 36 (10/09) 42 (1/09) 8 (11/09)

Poll Demographics

About this Poll
This SRI survey was conducted December 6-9, 2009 by telephone calls to 665 New York State registered voters. It has a margin of error
of + 3.8 percentage points. Data was statistically adjusted by age, party and geography to ensure representativeness. Sampling was
conducted via random digit dialing weighted to reflect known population patterns. SRI is an independent, non-partisan research institute.
SRI subscribes to the American Association of Public Opinion Research Code of Professional Ethics and Practices. For more information,
please call Steven Greenberg at 518-469-9858. Survey cross-tabulations and frequencies can be found at: www.Siena.edu/SRI/SNY.