A growing number of New Yorkers believe that Governor Andrew Cuomo committed sexual harassment, and his popularity declined by a strong majority, now saying they prefer someone else as governor instead of a fourth term of Cuomo.
Forty-four percent of registered voters compared to 22 percent said the Democrat had committed sexual harassment in the third term, a new poll released by Siena College on Monday found, while 34 percent said they did not know if have no opinion about it.
That includes 39 percent of registered Democrats who say they believe Cuomo is guilty of sexual harassment that shows support for his Democratic base flourishes, compared to 30 percent who said he did not engage in misconduct.
The total score rose by nine points last month – when a poll in March asked the same question, 35 per cent of voters said they thought the governor had committed sexual harassment compared to 24 per cent who said they had did not and 41 percent decided.
Nevertheless, 51 percent of respondents said the governor should not resign, compared to 37 percent who say he should resign, despite multiple allegations of sexual harassment and several investigations led by the Office of the Attorney General and the State Assembly .
Another 53 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with the way Cuomo addressed the allegations and the subsequent apology, while 36 percent said they were not satisfied.
When asked if Cuomo should be elected to a fourth term in 2022, 57 percent said they would prefer to elect someone else, and 33 percent answered that they would vote for him.
Of that figure, 43 percent of Democrats would rather support another candidate compared to 46 percent who would re-elect the governor.
On the other hand, Republicans overwhelmingly – with 82 percent – prefer to have someone else elected, compared to 15 percent who vote for their re-election.
Black voters gave Cuomo the highest support for it, while 51 percent said they would vote for him in 2022, compared to 40 percent of disapproving respondents.
But support drops to 29 percent of Latino voters and 29 percent of White voters who say they will cast a vote in favor of Cuomo’s fourth term.
‘In February, Democrats were willing to re-elect Cuomo 65-26 percent. “Today, the Democrats say they will re-elect Cuomo next year with the smallest margins, 46-43 percent,” said Steven Greenberg, a poll by Siena College.
At the same time, with a margin of 85-7 percent, Democrats say they want to win a Democrat in next year’s gubernatorial election, just like all voters with 52-32 percent.
Cuomo’s performance as CEO of the state also took a toll, with 56 percent of the individuals giving him a ‘fair’ or ‘weak’ point.
Meanwhile, only 42 per cent said he was doing a ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ job as governor.
In March, 46 percent said Cuomo was doing a fair or poor job, while 52 percent considered his leadership to be good or excellent.
The number has also dropped since February, when voters collectively gave Democrats 51 to 47 percent approval for the disapproval.
The poll among 801 registered voters was conducted between 11 and 15 April and has a plus point minus 4.3 percentage point error margin.