Only 27% of voters say Gov. Eliot Spitzer is doing a good or excellent job and a majority of New York state voters said they wouldn’t vote to re-elect him in 2010.
Eliot Spitzer’s approval rating sank to its lowest level ever as a majority of New York state voters said they wouldn’t vote to re-elect him in 2010, according to a Siena Research Institute poll released Monday.
The governor’s reputation has a long road to recovery: only 27% of voters say he is doing a good or excellent job. His favorability rating has dropped to 36% -- down from 41% in November and at its lowest level ever in a Siena poll.
The bad marks come less than a month after Mr. Spitzer abandoned a controversial plan to give drivers’ licenses to immigrants. The governor had touted the contentious proposal as a means of improving road safety and bringing immigrants “out of the shadows.”
He sought to regain favor with voters by recommending that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority not increase the $2 base subway and bus fare until at least 2009.
The MTA agreed with the recommendation but early Monday, the agency said it would raise the cost of monthly and weekly passes, long Island and Metro-North railroad tickets and bridge and tunnel tolls by an average of 4%.
When asked about the 2010 election, 56% of voters said they would prefer “someone else” rather then re-elect Mr. Spitzer.
“Voters are continuing to lose faith in their Governor,” said Steven Greenberg, Siena New York Poll spokesman. “He’s dug himself a deep hole and so far has not been able to find a ladder.”
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