A growing number of New Yorkers believe that Governor Andrew Cuomo has committed sexual harassment, and his popularity has plummeted with a strong majority now saying they prefer someone else as governor rather than a fourth term of Cuomo.
Forty-four percent of registered voters, compared to 22 percent, said third-term Democrat committed sexual harassment, a new poll released Monday by Siena College found, while 34 percent responded that they did not know the topic or there was none. had an opinion about it.
That includes 39 percent of registered Democrats who say they believe Cuomo is guilty of sexual harassment, showing that he is bleeding support within his Democratic base, compared with 30 percent who replied that he was not guilty of any wrongdoing. .
The total number is up nine points since last month – when a poll in March asked the same question, 35 percent of voters said they thought the governor had committed sexual harassment, compared with 24 percent who said he didn’t and 41 percent were in doubt.
Nonetheless, 51 percent of respondents said the governor should not resign, compared with 37 percent who say he should resign, despite multiple allegations of sexual harassment and several investigations led by both the attorney general’s office and the state assembly.
Another 53 percent of those surveyed said they were satisfied with the way Cuomo handled the allegations and subsequent apologies, while 36 percent said they were not satisfied.
When asked whether Cuomo should be reelected for a fourth term in 2022, 57 percent said they would rather choose someone else and 33 percent said they would vote for him.
Of that number, 43 percent of Democrats would rather support another candidate than 46 percent who would re-elect the governor.
Republicans, on the other hand – at 82 percent – would overwhelmingly prefer someone to be elected, compared to 15 percent who would be for reelection.
Black voters gave Cuomo the greatest support on this issue, with 51 percent saying they would vote for him in 2022, compared to 40 percent of disapproving respondents.
But that support falls to 29 percent of Latino voters and 29 percent of white voters who say they vote for a fourth term of Cuomo.
In February, Democrats were willing to re-elect Cuomo 65-26 percent. Today, Democrats say they will re-elect Cuomo next year with the narrowest margins, 46-43 percent, ”said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.
At the same time, Democrats, by a margin of 85 to 7 percent, say they want to see a Democrat win in next year’s governmental elections, as do all voters by a margin of 52 to 32 percent.
Cuomo’s job performance as the state’s chief executive took a similar dive, with 56 percent of individuals giving him a ‘fair’ or ‘poor’ grade.
Meanwhile, only 42 percent said they do “good” or “excellent” work as a governor.
In March, 46 percent said Cuomo was doing well or badly, while 52 percent rated his leadership as good or excellent.
That number has also fallen since February, when voters gave the Democrat a combined 51 to 47 percent approval rating for disapproval.
The survey of 801 registered voters was conducted between April 11 and April 15 and has a margin of error of plus, minus 4.3 percentage points.