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Edited on Tue Jul-21-09 05:33 AM by eilen
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/16944/voters-are-unhappy-will-they-remember|NY Voters are Unhappy>
Voters are unhappy: Will they remember? July 20, 2009 at 12:48 pm by Rick Karlin That’s the question being raised by today’s Siena Poll which finds that “More than three-quarters of New York voters say they are “angry” that the Senate wasted a month “accomplishing nothing,” and 62 percent said that most voters will remember the Senate fight on Election Day 2010.”
The Senate fracas, also appears to have helped Gov. Paterson’s ratings — just a bit — with his “favorables” going up from 31 to 36 percent from June to July and “unfavorable” rating creeping down from 57 to 56 percent — compared to 60 percent back in May. ------------......
“Although three Senators involved in the drama of the last month, remain unknown to most voters, a plurality have unfavorable views of Senators Malcolm Smith, Dean Skelos and John Sampson. However, most voters in the state have an opinion about Senator Pedro Espada – and by a better than four-to-one margin it’s an unfavorable opinion. Additionally, 21 percent of voters, a plurality, think Sen. Espada is most to blame for the Senate fight, followed by Senate Republicans (18 percent), Senate Democrats (15 percent) and Governor Paterson (12 percent),” Greenberg said. -------------.......
“Although three Senators involved in the drama of the last month, remain unknown to most voters, a plurality have unfavorable views of Senators Malcolm Smith, Dean Skelos and John Sampson. However, most voters in the state have an opinion about Senator Pedro Espada – and by a better than four-to-one margin it’s an unfavorable opinion. Additionally, 21 percent of voters, a plurality, think Sen. Espada is most to blame for the Senate fight, followed by Senate Republicans (18 percent), Senate Democrats (15 percent) and Governor Paterson (12 percent),” Greenberg said.
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