westchester

Rep. George Santos has declined an invitation to
join other freshman lawmakers in a meeting with President Joe Biden today, according
to Newsday. 

The refusal to attend is
coming as a new poll by Siena College finds a majority of New Yorkers want the
Republican to resign. 

A total of 59% of registered
voters think Santos should step down. Meanwhile, 17% said he should stay in
office

About 56% of those polled expressed their
disapproval of the newly elected representative and 56% of Republicans
disapprove of the congressman. 16% had a favorable view on Santos.&nbsp; {###}

Siena College pollster Steven
Greenberg speaks with News 12 and breaks down all the&nbsp; new research.

Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg speaks with News 12 and breaks down all the  new research.

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Siena poll: Majority of New Yorkers disapprove of Rep. George Santos, want him to resign

Congressman Jorge Santos has declined an invitation to join other freshman lawmakers in a meeting with President Biden today, according to news day, the refusal to attend coming as a new poll by Sienna College finds a majority of New Yorkers want the Republican to resign. 59% of registered voters thinks Santos should step down, 17% said that he should stay in office. And then 56% of those polled expressed their disapproval of the newly elected Rep. of Republicans disapprove of the Congressman, had a favorable view on Santos. Alright, let's talk to the man behind the pole. Sienna College pollster steven. Greenberg is here to break down all of the numbers Stephen, thanks for joining us. Have you ever seen someone newly elected to office? And within their first month seen numbers like this is pretty staggering. It is amazing. I mean, if you would have gone back two months ago, probably, you know, outside of the third congressional district, very few new Yorkers would have heard of him. I mean, I'm sure there are not many long Islanders who can name the new freshman congressman from western new york, but new Yorkers know jorge santos, new Yorkers do not like George santos, uh, New Yorkers want jorge santos to resign from Congress. And what's interesting is in this, in this modern world where we talk about partisan divides all the time. This is an issue where democrats, republicans, independents all agree all three, uh, have you've got 64% of democrats saying he should resign. 49% of republicans, 71% of people in the suburbs say he's gotta go steven are republicans? Should they be concerned that this is ultimately going to hurt their brand, considering, yes, even though many have said he needs to resign within their own party, he is a member of the Republican Party. Well, it's certainly an issue that democrats will try to take make to their advantage. But as you point out, republicans themselves would like to see this Republican go, all right, Stephen Greenberg, thank you so much. I know this is a topic you'll be following as you continue to talk to voters throughout the state over the coming weeks and months. Thanks again. Thank you.

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