In a
rare move by anybody running for any office, Brooklyn City
Councilman Vinny Gentile’s campaign crew sent his internal polling data to the
folks at “POLITICO” for them to give it a look --- AND --- A
STORY
A
blind release of the Gentile piece in today’s Politico coverage was sent to me
so I wouldn’t miss it until after we all stopped being young anymore
According to the lead item (but
not the title piece) from today’s column by the Politico-New York team ---
"…. POLLING BROOKLYN D.A. RACE:
An
internal poll conducted for Councilman Vincent Gentile finds that he has the
highest name recognition of the six candidates for Brooklyn District Attorney,
in what's expected to be one of the most competitive races of the year. Still,
none of the candidates is widely known to a majority of voters, according to
the poll of 630 likely voters conducted by Public Policy Polling from April 6
through 9. It has a margin of error of 3.9 percent. A copy of the poll was
provided to POLITICO New York by the Gentile campaign.
Gentile, who is term-limited from the City
Council and previously served in the state senate, has a favorability rating of
21 percent and unfavorably rating of 14 percent, with 65 percent of voters
saying they do not know enough about to him to state an opinion. Acting
Brooklyn district attorney Eric Gonzalez, a longtime fixture who has been
running the office since the death of Ken Thompson last October, has a
favorable/unfavorable rating of 19/8 percent, with 72 percent not sure. The
next closest candidate is Ama Dwimoh, who worked in the children's crime bureau
in that office; Dwimoh has a favorability rating of 16 percent and an
unfavorably rating of 12 percent, with 73 percent unsure. The rest of the
candidates are hovering around 11 percent favorability with 79 percent unsure.
In a
head-to-head match-up, Gonzalez leads with just 15 percent, followed
by Gentile at 11 percent, Dwimoh at 10 percent, the rest of the candidates in
single digits and 48 percent of voters unsure whom to support. Since publicly
entering the race last week, Gentile has sought to distinguish himself from his
rivals by noting he is the only one who did not work for Thompson's longtime
predecessor, Charles Hynes, under whose watch nearly two dozen convictions were
reversed (thanks to a review led by Thompson). In the poll, 31 percent of
voters said they were more likely to vote for a candidate who worked under
Hynes, and 26 percent said they were less likely; 32 percent said it would not
make a difference and 11 percent were unsure….” (See "Assembly Dems Eye IDC--- DeBlasio Unites with Oddo --- Breitbart Turns Down the Volume on Kushner" by Jimmy
Vielkind in Albany and Azi Paybarah in Manhattan, with Addy Baird and Daniel
Lippman, 4/11/17, Politico-New York [http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/new-york-playbook/2017/04/assembly-dems-eye-idc-de-blasio-unites-with-oddo-breitbart-turns-down-the-volume-on-kushner-219698]).
RELEASE ALSO SENT TO GM'S "...FOUNTAINHEAD" BLOG
No doubt, the Gentile campaign folks think this
was a big enough news item that they took pains to see that it would even show up
on a Brooklyn Republican blog like this…..
Since they took the trouble to keep me in the loop, I decided
to return the favor and give it the full feature treatment that it completely deserves.
8 comments:
UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “NOT SO SECRET VINNY G POLLING DATA” EDITION
FOR YOU REAL POLITICAL WONKS --- HERE'S THE "BROOKLYN SURVEY RESULTS" FROM THE FOLKS AT PUBLIC POLICY POLLING
Q1 How likely would you say you are to vote in the Democratic primary election for Mayor, District Attorney, and other important offices in September – are you certain to vote, will you probably vote, are the chances 50/50, or will you probably not vote?
91% Certain to vote
9% Will probably vote
0% Chances are 50/50
0% Will probably not vote
Q2 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Eric Gonzalez?
19% Favorable
8% Unfavorable
72% Not sure
Q3 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Vincent Gentile?
21% Favorable
14% Unfavorable
65% Not sure
Q4 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Patricia Gatling?
11% Favorable
10% Unfavorable
79% Not sure
Q5 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Ama Dwimoh?
16% Favorable
12% Unfavorable
73% Not sure
Q6 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Anne Swern?
11% Favorable
8% Unfavorable
82% Not sure
Q7 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Marc Fleidner?
10% Favorable
11% Unfavorable
79% Not sure
Q8 If the Democratic primary election for Brooklyn District Attorney were held today, and the candidates were Vincent Gentile, Patricia Gatling, Ama Dwimoh, Anne Swern, Eric Gonzalez, and Marc Fleidner, who would you vote for?
11% Vincent Gentile
6% Patricia Gatling
10% Ama Dwimoh
6% Anne Swern
15% Eric Gonzalez
4% Marc Fleidner
48% Not sure
What about Gangemi?
John Gangemi is 80 YEARS OLD
He also has no ties to Joe Hynes but then again Gangemi worked in the DA's office 50 years ago under Aaron Koota.
Koota DIED in 1984.
Gangemi is 78 and still kicking. Morgenthau was 112 when he left.
Gentile could be the sleeper
Yeah, Gentile. I'm sleeping already
Do you know what's not in the poll done for Gentile? There aren't any questions about the impact Councilman Gentile's run for Brooklyn DA will or won't have on the Democratic Primary to fill his City Council seat, which will be held at the same time as the primary for the office of DA.
DOI head Mark Peters may run.
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