NRCC Poll: Stefanik In Strong Position
From the Morning Memo:
Freshman Rep. Elise Stefanik would face an easy path to re-election against Democratic challenge Mike Derrick and Green Party hopeful Matt Funiciello, a poll released by the National Republican Campaign Committee on Tuesday found.
Stefanik, a Republican who represents the North Country congressional seat in Congress, is supported for re-eelction with 51 percent of the vote over Derrick’s 17 percent and Funiciello’s 13 percent, the poll found.
Nineteen percent of voters remain undecided.
The poll found 43 percent — a plurality — believe Stefanik deserves to be re-elected, while 32 percent prefer someone new.
Voters “strongly approve” of the job Stefanik is doing in Congress by 23 percent, with 35 percent approving of her job. A combined 24 percent either disapprove or strongly disapprove of her job performance.
She polls well with both independents — 51 percent to 23 percent approve of her job performance — as well as “moderates” who give her a 55 percent approval.
Stefanik won the seat last year following the retirement of Rep. Bill Owens in the district, which reaches New York’s northern-most border with Canada and compromises much of the Adirondack Park, handily defeating Democrat Aaron Woolf and Funiciello.
The 21st congressional district has been considered a battleground district for both major parties since even before the 2012 round of redistricting when President Obama selected Rep. John McHugh to become the secretary of the Army.
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