Monday, May 04, 2009

Poll: New Yorkers Would Rather Have Spitzer As Guv Over Paterson

Ouch! Very bad news for Patterson.. It will be interesting if Spitzer decides to run as Governor again despite his scandal from last year.

TPM:

The latest Marist Poll is a mixed bag for Gov. David Paterson (D-NY). It's partly bad news -- and partly really bad news.

This number must really hurt: When New York's registered voters are asked whether they would rather have Eliot Spitzer or David Paterson as governor, it's Spitzer 51%, Paterson 38%.

The horse-race numbers are also a sight to behold. In a primary with state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the current leader is Cuomo by a 70%-21% margin. Paterson trails in a general election match-up with Rudy Giuliani by a 56%-32% margin, and trails former GOP Rep. Rick Lazio by 40%-37%. By contrast, Cuomo leads Rudy by 55%-38%, and swamps Lazio by 67%-22%.

1 comment:

airJackie said...

Good news for me as you know I don't Judge people on their personal choice of hiring woman. I've read so much about it in the bible. Now New Yorkers got tricked and I pray Spitzer gets back to working fighting crimes. Paterson is haveing a tuff time and raising taxes is hurting many people.