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Poll: Spitzer popularity improves

January

Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s free-fall among voters has stopped, with more viewing him favorably rather than unfavorably, the Siena poll also reported today. Forty-four percent of those polled view him favorably, compared to 41 percent unfavorably, the poll showed. That’s up from 36-50 percent in December. But only 32 percent of voters think he is doing a good job, compared to 64 percent who don’t. Still, that’s also better than December, when the figures were 27 good, 70 percent bad. “It would be an overstatement to say he has turned the ugly poll numbers around, said Siena poll spokesman Steven Greenberg. “However, it may be fair to say he is turning a corner.’’ The poll also showed that New Yorkers support a cap on property taxes, as Spitzer has proposed, 72-19 percent, and also back his plan to lease part of the state lottery to a private firm, 54-35 percent. The poll of 625 registered voters has an error margin of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 21st, 2008 at 10:17 am by Jay Gallagher.
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One Response to “Poll: Spitzer popularity improves”

Len February 12th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Once the realities of the state’s budget problems kick in look for his numbers to tank again. His recent plan to give raises to state legislator’s is nothing more then a payoff and represents a moral capitulation on his behalf. It’s amazing that someone touted as being so intelligent simply has no clue how to effectively govern New York.

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