democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton speaks at a campaign event. | ap photo/carolyn kaster, file by bill mahoney 10/19/16 05:29 am edt albany <u+2014> in the state both major party presidential candidates call home, democrat hillary clinton continues to have a commanding lead over republican donald trump, topping him 54-30 in a siena college research institute poll of new york<u+2019>s likely voters released wednesday. while 10 percent of respondents said they<u+2019>ll vote for somebody else and 5 percent have yet to form an opinion on the race, there doesn<u+2019>t seem to be much room for voters to change their minds. supporters of each candidate appear to despise the other. story continued below among likely clinton voters, only 1 percent view trump favorably, while 98 percent hold an unfavorable view of him. and 0 percent of trump supporters view new york<u+2019>s former senator favorably, while 99 percent hold a negative view of her. the poll was taken on thursday, sunday and monday. the fact that candidates are viewed unfavorably by people who plan to vote against them isn<u+2019>t surprising in itself. but in most elections, there<u+2019>s at least some portion of the electorate that likes both candidates but simply thinks one has political views are somewhat more aligned with their own, a scenario which doesn<u+2019>t exist at all in this contest. <u+201c>in this year<u+2019>s election, where both major party candidates have been well known to the voters for nearly three decades, we see how unbelievably polarized the electorate is when it comes to trump and clinton,<u+201d> said siena spokesman steve greenberg. <u+201c>we don<u+2019>t often see that kind of mirror image to the extreme.<u+201d> in the four-way race, clinton<u+2019>s lead is up slightly from a siena poll conducted a month prior , when she was up 51-30. most of the changes in support from specific demographic groups are within the margin of error of 4.6 points and don<u+2019>t actually reveal much. the percentage of african-americans who view trump favorably, for example, has increased from 1 percent to 2 percent. the poll showed more support than the last one did for trump among latinos, who backed clinton 86-6 in september and 68-19 in october. at the end of a week filled by a drumbeat of accusations that trump has a history of sexual assault, clinton had increased her lead among females, rising to a 31-point advantage after being up by 22 last month. she also appears to have retaken her lead in the suburbs: multiple september polls showed the candidates effectively tied there; wednesday<u+2019>s had her up 47-38. sen. charles schumer has retained his massive lead over republican wendy long, going from an advantage of 64-26 in september to one of 66-27 in the past week. long remains largely unknown. only 12 percent of voters viewed her favorably while 12 percent viewed her unfavorably. and gov. andrew cuomo doesn<u+2019>t appear to have suffered any major damage from the arrests of ten people with close ties to his administration last month. in mid-september, he had a favorability rating of positive 18. that<u+2019>s currently at positive 15, with 56 percent of voters viewing him favorably and 41 percent unfavorably. view the poll<u+2019>s crosstabs here: http://bit.ly/2es3vml 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.
clinton continues to cruise in new york, siena finds
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