After U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop and Republican challenger Randy Altschuler swapped headlines in late July, each claiming bragging rights in separate polls, Siena College released a poll on Thursday stating that Bishop holds a 13-point lead with eight weeks to go until Election Day.
According to the poll, 52 percent of likely voters would vote for Bishop while 39 would cast a ballot for Altschuler. Nine percent of the 624 likely voters polled said they were undecided.
The poll's margin of error is noted at 3.9 percent.
While the poll may come as good news to the Bishop camp, a Siena poll conducted in 2010 — released just under a month before Election Day — showed the Democrat ahead by 12 percentage points. , or less than one half of 1 percent.
“Make no mistake, this will be a close race," said a Bishop spokesman in a statement.
An Altschuler spokeswoman went one step further in a statement.
"One looks at how badly they botched their 2010 polls, and it's impossible for any reasonable person to take the Siena poll seriously," said Diana Weir.
Altschuler's campaign recently unleashed attack ads on the Southampton Democrat in response to reports surfaced stating that after the congressman helped expedite a fireworks permit for a local resident. Meanwhile Bishop ads have continued to label his opponent as someone who has contributed to a lagging jobs market due to his former company's involvement in outsourcing jobs.
In a poll of voters' views on presidential candidates, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, 49 percent of those polled noted a favorable view of Obama, with 46 percent showing a favorable view of Romney.
A statement released on Thursday with the poll results is attached as a .pdf.
These are all deparate attempts by the Republicans to throw the national election. They are also trying to pass laws to eliminate as many minorities from voting as they can. Whites need to straighten out the Republican party and cast their votes for our President. The man who has been hit from every side, including by cheating and lying political operatives right here in America. STAND UP AMERICA...Our country is not for sale to a few rich people.
Do you know why??? As Bill Clinton reminded us, sometimes the answer is as simple as arithmetic. So let's do the math: According to a new report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Adelson will get $2 billion in tax savings from Romney in return for his support. And it will be paid for by every taxpayer reading this blog, so pass the word QUICKLY. If Obama wins, everyone pays their fair share of taxes...including Mr. Adelson! Tell me... WHICH ONE IS MORE FAIR FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES? WHICH ONE CAN YOU AFFORD? Americans cannot afford to live the Romney-Ryan lifestyle without having the same personal wealth. We can DREAM...but we know that it's not reality. Romney is still dreaming.
•He says he is protecting Long Island jobs but unemployment is climbing and is at 7.4%, up from 6.7% a year ago. •He helped push through Obamacare with an IPAB panel. He pretends he is against IPAB but every time he has an opportunity to vote against it, he votes for it. IPAB is the panel of 15 unelected elite who will decide your healthcare choices should Obamacare be enshrined into law. It operates as a government-within-a-government and is controlled only by the Executive Branch of government. •He claims he is against illegal immigration since he voted for the border fence but he continually votes for every benefit for illegals. He how has a social worker to help expedite Obama’s Homeland Security directive stopping deportation of certain young illegals. Our unemployment is rising, where’s our social worker? Something needs to be done for these youths, but not unconstitutionally. •He obtains taxpayer funds for veterans, such as a gift of $.40 a mile for veterans to travel between their homes and the VA hospital, but he has voted to defund the troops in the field twice. He has the same habit as Barack Obama – he uses taxpayer money to buy votes.
Mr. Bishop Partying with Michael Heitner & Alan Cumming - Such a humble down to earth guy that cares for the little person. Just because it's printed on his flyer or said on News 12 doesn't make it true! Go ahead and keep paying higher taxes and loosing jobs. THE DEFINITION OF CRAZY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESPONSE.
Zeldin, who served with the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq during the summer of 2006, blasted a recent vote made by his opponent, Congressman Tim Bishop, to cut off funding for ammunition, supplies and equipment necessary for troop survival in combat. Last Thursday, the latest war-spending bill passed with bipartisan support by a vote of 268-155. This legislation provided nearly $162 billion in long-overdue funds to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into 2009. Incredibly, Congressman Bishop voted against the bill. "Whether or not we should have been in Iraq in the first place, the fact is that we are there now. We have troops in harm's way, the surge is working and they need our support," "We cannot politicize the safety and wellbeing of our brave volunteers and cutting off critical supplies at this time is un-American." "I can only imagine the ill will felt by our warriors on the front lines of democracy, who contend with triple-digit heat each day, while an out-of-touch Congressman continues to relax in the Hamptons during the summer, and vote down necessary supplies without hesitation,"
President Obama has taken away Mitt Romney’s longstanding advantage as the candidate voters say is most likely to restore the economy and create jobs, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, which found a modest sense of optimism among Americans that White House policies are working. Romney's budget required taxing everyone making $100k/year or more and Romney said "That's not in the cards". Voters are seeing that his economic policy and projections are nothing but dreams. Romney is still dreaming.
With the black flag of al Qaeda flying over the American embassy in Tunisia, the murder of the American ambassador in Libya, the storming of the US embassy in Cairo, the burning of the American flag in London, and the torching of American businesses in Lebanon, the Obama administration with Tim Bishops Blessing focused like a laser on its top priority: slashing defense
His wife also ran her day care center "RENT FREE" when he ran Southampton College to the ground while he had 10 family members on the payroll and a $55 million deficit
On the other hand, it isn't surprising that the reactionaries have diverted this thread to a discussion of the Middle East because their apologies for Altschuler pertaining to relevant phenomena have all been long ago rebutted and he stands naked as an opportunistic, disloyal predator. Or is it that they see the possibility of the MIddle East as another outsourced labor resource under Randy.
Two non Veterans cutting the Veterans budget.Especially now when the valiant Iraq Troops are in a crisis situation.50% of all Iraq troops have applied for disability. This is overtaxing the already very busy VA.They all need and deserve our support.