New Poll Shows Split Between Democrats, Republicans on Fracking

According to a Quinnipiac poll released last week, 63 percent of democrats think fracking will damage the environment, while only 31 percent of republicans share that belief.

Among voters with no party affiliation, 55 percent believe shale gas drilling will harm the environment.

The survey found a partisan split on whether New Yorkers support the natural gas extraction technique, which could be permitted by the Cuomo administration as early as this year.

Members of both parties agreed that gas drilling would create jobs, with 89 percent of republicans and 72 percent of democrats.