tag:politics.theatlantic.com,2009://4/tag:politics.theatlantic.com,2009://4.7267- Movable Type 4.24-en tag:politics.theatlantic.com,2009://4.7267 2009-04-06T18:00:00Z 2009-04-06T21:50:40Z

Chris Good Quinnipiac poll released today, New Yorkers disapprove of Paterson's job performance 60 percent to 28 percent; they disapprove of the way he is handling the state budget 70 percent to 19 percent; 27 percent view him favorably, while 55 percent view him unfavorably; 53 percent say he should announce he's not running for reelection. Paterson's numbers have been bad for a while, and the new data doesn't reveal anything staggeringly new.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, has solidified his good standing with New Yorkers, likely due to his high-profile involvement in the AIG bonuses saga, as more New Yorkers have made up their minds about him.
]]> Dec. 23 and Jan. 14, back when he was under consideration as a potential replacement for Hillary Clinton in the Senate, 32 percent of New Yorkers hadn't heard enough about Cuomo to say whether they viewed him favorably or not. Today, that figure has dropped to 17 percent, while his favorability rating has climbed from 57 percent to 63 percent (even as his unfavorable ratings rose from 10 percent to 17 percent).

And that means Cuomo will be more likely to retain his good polling status further into the 2010 election cycle.]]>