New York: Statewide Ratings & Future Match-ups

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Wednesday, January 14, 2004

 

Contact:         Dr. Lee M. Miringoff

Dr. Barbara L. Carvalho

Marist College

845.575.5050

 

This Marist College Institute for Public Opinion poll reports:

New York State Voters Rate Governor Pataki

·             Approval Rating:  46% of New York State’s registered voters rate the job Governor Pataki is doing in office as excellent or good.  49% rate the job the governor is doing as fair or poor.  His approval rating was 40% in a similar poll conducted last September.

 

Question Wording: Would you rate the job Governor George Pataki is doing in office as excellent, good, fair, or poor?

 

 

Registered Voters

Excellent/

Good

 

Excellent

 

Good

 

Fair

 

Poor

Unsure/

DK

 January 2004

46%

  7%

39%

35%

14%

  5%

Region

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Upstate

49%

  4%

45%

37%

11%

  3%

  New York City

38%

  8%

30%

33%

21%

  8%

  Suburbs

50%

10%

40%

35%

  9%

  6%

Party

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Democrats

36%

 5 %

31%

40%

20%

  4%

  Republicans

63%

12%

51%

27%

  5%

  5%

  Non-enrolled

42%

  3%

39%

37%

14%

  7%

Previous Polls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 September 2003

40%

  6%

34%

41%

17%

  2%

 May 2003

37%

  4%

33%

34%

25%

  4%

 April 2003

49%

  7%

42%

31%

18%

  2%

 December 2002

57%

12%

45%

31%

10%

  2%

 October 30, 2002

57%

14%

43%

33%

  9%

  1%

 October 1, 2002

61%

14%

47%

30%

  8%

  1%

 September 2002

60%

12%

48%

31%

  7%

  2%

 May 2002

72%

14%

58%

23%

  5%

  0%

 April 2002

64%

15%

49%

28%

  6%

  2%

 December 2001

65%

15%

50%

27%

  4%

  4%

 April 2001

53%

10%

43%

34%

  8%

  5%

 December 2000

55%

11%

44%

30%

10%

  5%

 March 2000

51%

  9%

42%

35%

11%

  3%

 September 1999

51%

10%

41%

38%

  9%

  2%

 July 1999

55%

15%

40%

31%

11%

  3%

 March 1999

61%

12%

49%

28%

10%

  1%

 October 1998

60%

14%

46%

31%

  8%

  1%

 September 1998

62%

16%

46%

31%

  6%

  1%

 April 1998

59%

11%

48%

33%

  7%

  1%

 February 1998

60%

11%

49%

32%

  6%

  2%

 October 1997

49%

  7%

42%

39%

10%

  2%