Poll: Voters think more of Spitzer than Bruno
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  Gov. Spitzer appears to be winning the public-relations battle associated with the “Troopegate’’ scandal, but most voters still want him to testify under oath about what he knows about it, according to a new poll.
  The Quinnipiac Poll, released today, found that his approval rating is 47-34 percent, down a little from July, but still better than that of his political antagonist, Senate Majoirty Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick. More disapprove (39 percent) of the job Bruno is doing than approve (30 percent), according to the independent poll.
 On the other hand, voters believe, 56 percent to 25 percent, that Spitzer knew what his aides were up to when they had the State Police track Bruno’s movements while he was in New York City – something Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said was an abuse of power. And by 78 percent to 17 percent, vtoers want Spitzer to testify under oath about the matter.
 Still, 56 percent said they think the governor is “honest and trustworthy,’’ compared to 26 percent who don’t think so. For Bruno, 34 percent say he isn’t trustworthy, compared to 26 percent who think he is. The rest are undecided.
 “Troopergate is bad news for Gov. Eliot Spitzer, but the good bnews is job-approval plunge has leveled off,’’ said Quinnipiax pollster Maurice Carroll.
  The poll questioned 1,504 registered voters, and has an error margin of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
