john faso. | ap photo/mike groll by nick niedzwiadek 11/06/16 09:53 am est albany <u+2014> republican john faso has taken a six-point lead over zephyr teachout in new york's 19th congressional district, according to a time warner cable/siena college poll released sunday morning. faso, a former assembly minority leader, leads 48 percent to 42 percent over teachout, a fordham law professor. faso held a one-point lead in a similar siena poll from the end of september. story continued below teachout led by 3 percentage points in a separate survey conducted by wnyt ch. 13/survey usa. the two former gubernatorial candidates are running to replace gop rep. chris gibson, who did not seek re-election. the race has attracted boatloads of outside money <u+2014> $4.6 million in the last three weeks alone. democrats have been eyeing gibson<u+2019>s seat as a potential pickup for multiple election cycles, but have been unable to break through. the biggest demographic difference between the two candidates' supporters is educational attainment: voters with a college degree backed teachout by a 21-point margin, while 60 percent of those with less than a college degree supported faso. teachout also lost a significant lead among women, and the two are now tied. the poll surveyed 605 likely voters from nov. 1 to 3 and has a margin of error of 4.0 percent. with such a close contest, late movement in the presidential race may decide who wins. donald trump leads hillary clinton in the district by five points, 43 to 38, identical to the margin in the the previous siena poll. but faso has attempted to present himself as a moderate more in line with gibson than with trump, potentially limiting his exposure in the case of an anti-trump swing. teachout performed best in ulster and dutchess counties, where 46 percent of those surveyed preferred her to faso. faso led teachout in the rest of the district. read the crosstabs here: http://bit.ly/2fqwy6p a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york education policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york energy policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york health care policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york real estate policy and politics our morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on state news and politics a morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on city news and politics. a weekly round-up of legislation in city council for politics and policy professionals. a reported briefing on money in politics, executive moves, and trends in communications, lobbying and consulting. our twice-a-week digest of news on courts and the law in new york azi paybarah and jimmy vielkind's must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable new yorkers.
faso widens lead to six over teachout in ny-19 poll
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