Back in April Quinnipiac asked New Jersey voters to describe Governor Christie in a word. We found that the word “bully” was the most frequent response given about Christie. Today, we asked the same question of New York state voters about their governor, Andrew Cuomo. The top response: ”good”.
To illustrate registered voters impression of Andrew Cuomo responses were entered into Wordle, a website that generates a “word cloud” from text provided by the user. The cloud gives greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
Respondents were asked:
“Thinking about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo… What one word best describes your impression of Andrew Cuomo?”
NOTE: Based on registered voters: Figures show the number of respondents who offered each response: these numbers are not percentages. This table reports only those words that were mentioned at least six times.
Good 76 Surprise 15 Competent 51 Fair 14 Trying 51 Hardworking 14 Effective 39 Intelligent 14 Honest 38 Energetic 13 Okay 35 Tenacious 13 Politician 32 Adequate 12 Tough 24 Diligent 10 Arrogant 23 Dissatisfied 10 Leader 23 Integrity 9 Determined 22 Committed 8 Efficient 21 Opportunistic 8 Ambitious 20 Smart 8 Liberal 20 Consistent 7 Strong 20 Progressive 7 Dedicated 18 Action 6 Aggressive 17 Alright 6 Satisfactory 17 Bully 6 Decisive 16 Capable 6 Excellent 16 Courage 6 Forceful 16 Focused 6 Confident 15 Go-Getter 6 Disappointed 15 Phony 6
