New Yorkers would rather host Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump in their home, Republicans care far more about toilet paper than Democrats, and pretty much no one wants to sit around and talk policy with a bunch of politicians.
Far more Republicans than Democrats care about toilet paper and the quality of their sheets.
These are the main findings of a new survey conducted by Harris, the polling company, on behalf of Airbnb.
In what is believed to be the first survey of how New Yorkers feel about having candidates as houseguests, it’s pretty clear that New Yorkers don’t feel that good about it.
Fully 25% of New Yorkers don’t want to have any candidate as a houseguest. Clinton would be welcomed by 25% of the country and Trump by 21%. Not surprisingly, only 8% want Ted Cruz to stay over. (Those results mirrored national numbers in the same poll.)
The vast majority of people want to do whatever they can to stay away from politics in the unlikely event that they have to host a candidate. Almost 40% would be willing to eat with the pol, 7% would watch a movie and 5% would play poker. Only 15% said they would “debate their policies.” These numbers also mirrored the national trend.
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In the most telling red-state/blue-state gap, 28% of New York Republicans said they worry that their bed sheets would not be high-enough quality for the political guest. Only 9% of Democrats fretted about such things. The results were similar for toilet paper, with 22% of Republicans worrying about their guests’ tushies but only 3% of Democrats having a similar concern. Not surprisingly, no one cared about the quality of the toilet paper if Ted Cruz was the houseguest (kidding!).
New Yorkers are definitely out of step with the rest of the country on the toilet paper and bed sheet issue. Nationally, roughly the same number of Republicans and Democrats worry about toilet paper (about 6%) and sheets (about 12%).
Finally, the vast majority of New Yorkers would rather have Bill Clinton over for a dinner party than Melania Trump, with 68% choosing the future First Man over the would-be First Lady. Nationally, the number was 59% for Bill.
Bill Clinton has long been a popular dinner guest. Two years ago, Harris Poll asked voters which president, living or dead, they would like to have over for a BBQ. Clinton got 30% of the votes. Ronald Reagan, who died 10 years earlier, was second with 22%.