A growing number of New Yorkers believe Gov. Andrew Cuomo committed sexual harassment, and his popularity has plummeted with a strong majority now saying they prefer someone else to govern rather than a fourth term for Cuomo.
44% of registered voters, compared to 22%, said the third Democratic term has committed sexual harassment, according to a new poll released Monday by Siena College, while 34% said they did not know or he had no opinion on the subject.
That includes 39 percent of registered Democrats who say they believe Cuomo is guilty of sexual harassment that shows he is bleeding support for his democratic base, compared to 30 percent who responded that he has not committed any misconduct. .
The overall count has risen by nine points since last month, when a March poll asked the same question, with 35% of voters saying they thought the governor was committing sexual harassment compared to 24% who said no and 41% undecided.
However, 51% of respondents said the governor should not resign compared to 37% who stated that he should resign, despite multiple allegations of sexual harassment and various investigations led by the Attorney General’s Office. ‘State and the State Assembly.
Another 53 percent of respondents were satisfied with the way Cuomo has handled subsequent complaints and apologies, while 36 percent said they are dissatisfied.
When asked if Cuomo should be re-elected to a fourth term in 2022, 57% said they would prefer to choose someone else and 33% said they would vote for him.
Of that figure, 43 percent of Democrats would prefer to support another candidate compared to 46 percent who would re-elect the governor.
Republicans, on the other hand, overwhelmingly (82%) would prefer someone else elected, compared to 15% who would favor re-election.
Black voters gave Cuomo maximum support in this regard, and 51% said they would vote for him in 2022 compared to 40% of those surveyed in disapproval.
But that support comes down to 29% of Latino voters and 29% of white voters who say they will vote for a fourth term for Cuomo.
“In February, Democrats were willing to re-elect Cuomo by 65 to 26 percent. Today, Democrats say they would re-elect Cuomo next year by the narrowest of margins, 46-43 percent, “said Steven Greenberg, a Siena College pollster.
“At the same time, with a margin of 85-7 percent, Democrats say they want to win a Democrat in next year’s government election, just like all voters by a margin of 52-32 percent.
Cuomo’s job performance as chief executive of the state was similar, as 56% of people gave him a “fair” or “poor” grade.
Meanwhile, only 42% said they are doing a “good” or “excellent” job as governor.
In March, 46% said Cuomo was doing a fair or poor job, while 52% considered his leadership to be good or excellent.
That figure has also fallen since February, when voters gave the Democrat a combined 51% to 47% approval rating for disapproval.
The poll of 801 registered voters was conducted between April 11 and 15 and has one more margin of error, minus 4.3 percentage points.