NYers critical of US direction

In a warning shot to President Biden and incumbents up for re-election this fall, coronavirus-fatigued and inflation-impacted voters in heavily Democratic New York state think the country is going bad, a new survey reveals.

The Siena College Poll released Tuesday found that 57% of New York state voters said the United States is heading in the wrong direction. Only 31% said the country is on the right track.

Even registered Democrats were split — with 46% saying the country is heading right, 44% disagreeing.

Nearly three-quarters of Republicans and 69% of voters not affiliated with a party were critical of the country’s direction.

In New York City, more voters than not said America is going bad: 47% wrong vs. 41% right.

In the suburbs and upstate, about two-thirds were critical.

Respondents’ views of the state of the union have steadily worsened over the past year.

For example, last March, shortly after President Biden took office, 50% of New Yorkers said the US was on the right track vs. 41% who disagreed.

Voters’ views of New York state’s direction weren’t much better in the latest survey — 41% said it was on the right track compared to 43% who disagreed.

The poll did not ask why respondents had a negative view of America’s condition. But speculation centered on surges in inflation, Omicron and partisan wrangling.

The survey of 806 registered voters between Jan. 9 and 13 has a margin of error of plus or minus 4%.