Siena poll: Just 35 percent of New York voters want Cuomo to resign

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico


By BILL MAHONEY 03/15/2021 11:11 AM EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. — Most New York voters are satisfied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s explanation of the sexual harassment allegations made against him and barely a third want him to resign, a Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday morning found.

The governor’s overall popularity has taken a hit over the past month, however. Only 43 percent of New Yorkers now view him favorably, while 45 percent view him unfavorably.

“Voters appear to be able to compartmentalize how they feel about Cuomo,” Siena spokesperson Steve Greenberg said in a statement. “While their views on him generally — favorability, job performance, re-elect — took a significant hit this month, voters’ views on Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic remain largely positive, except for his handling of nursing home death data.”

Cuomo’s numbers had already been gradually declining from the stratospheric highs they hit last spring. He’s now back around where he was before the pandemic; he polled at 44-50 favorable in a Siena poll in February 2020.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/03/15/siena-poll-just-35-percent-of-new-york-voters-want-cuomo-to-resign-1368277

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This does not surprise me

[LenaBaby61]

16. I know how I felt about our then Governor Gray Davis being taken out of office ...

In a pretty red California, when he shouldn't have been recalled IMHO.

Even Dem friends were caught up in the Movie Star madness, about The Terminator being the governator. I told anyone who listened that this will come back to blow up in our faces here in California. A few friends tried to tell me that he's okay, and married to Maria Shriver 🙄

I don't have to tell folks here on this site and in California how badly Ahnold governed our state, turning it into a shambles by completely ruining our economy (He was a Republican, so it figures. They destroy economies, and Dems come back to fix them), and back then many in California, myself included, were aware of the strong rumors about the dalliances The Governator was having on top of getting his maid/housekeeper/Maria pregnant at the same time. People, including almost half of the GOP'ers who voted for him were so mad at him, that his ratings sunk lower than that of a used car salesman.

[samsingh]

2. The investigation should be completed then a decision made

[LenaBaby61]

14. "The investigation should be completed then a decision made."

THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Yeehah]

3. Results that surely will displease the lynch mob

of the purity police.

[LakeArenal]

4. Because they don't want him to resign

But Schumer once again going after one of our own.

NY voters should decide. However, since that’s not what guilty bystanders have to say. Like Schumer and Gillibrand who has a history of railroading.

[LiberalLovinLug]

22. I think the voters of his district should have a say

At least it should be weighed into the decision. If his voters forgive him, and still want him, shouldn't they be the final arbiters? Democrats already have had an image problem with Independents, and small r Republicans, about choosing PC over popular in the past, but they are also masters at pissing off their own base as well when they take it too far. Sometimes we must pick politics over purity if we are to ever have a fighting chance against the odds stacked against us with a party that doesn't have to live by anywhere near the same standards.

[lagomorph777]

32. Schumer and Gillibrand have fucked up big-time.

They need to shut up, sit down, and listen to their voters.

[LakeArenal]

34. Yes please.

[hlthe2b]

5. Getting ahead of ones' skis... Never a good idea--even when the political left-overs seem so tasty

Amazing that so many seem to agree on letting a judicious investigative process play out...

[PoliticAverse]

6. What type of person would call for a Democrat to resign based on published allegations?

Andrew Cuomo would.

“My personal opinion is that, given the damning pattern of facts and corroboration laid out in the article, I do not believe it is possible for Eric Schneiderman to continue to serve as Attorney General, and for the good of the office, he should resign.”

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/remember-that-time-andrew-cuomo-called-for-eric-schneiderman-to-resign-after-a-new-yorker-article/

[Budi]

7. And? Were the circumstances identical or was there more to Schneiderman's case

Different circumstances, not listed in the blanket statement quote.

[JI7]

25. Schneiderman case involved medical records of injuries women suffered

He also admitted to what they accused him of but claimed he thought he was role playing.

And they involved long time girlfriends we know he was with when those injuries happened.

[Roc2020]

8. Would he have said this after Trump?

That's the earthquake difference. Trump has drastically changed what moral failings any politician should resign for. The poll shows that.

[The Magistrate]

9. That Is A Good Point, Sir

The very idea of holding a political figure to a 'moral standard' has taken on a retro charm, no more to be taken seriously now than a housewife in transports of ecstacy at a Christmas gift of a new model vacuum cleaner....

[H2O Man]

18. Wait just a minute!!!!

If you had told me this about the new model vacuum cleaner earlier, I might still be married!

[jaxexpat]

19. or you could have bought her a '64 Chevy convertible .....

and she'd be stranded on top of that butte.

[LakeArenal]

35. Did you not watch Th Bob Newhart Show???

NO GIFTS WITH ELECTRIC CORDS.

[BradAllison]

15. We were already a year or more into Trump when the Schneiderman stuff went down

The American electorate had decided long before that they were fine with Trump banging porn stars and raping young girls.

[Historic NY]

11. Do you still beat you wife or girlfriends Eric?

has anyone claimed that with the Gov. nonconsensual physical violence.

[Budi]

28. He touched someone's face. Her friend just happened to have the camera ready for that moment

So she said...

There's no context beyond that however.
So the scenario is left to fill in the blanks for the lazy journalists vying for notariety with anothe Late Breaking gotcha story to build off of.
There's a campaign coming up & sides have aligned.
Best dirt wins? Is that how its done?
That manipulation would make a NY mobster smile.

[lagomorph777]

33. I wonder how long Roger Stone has been putting this attack together.

[Historic NY]

10. EXACTLY!!!!

People including those progressives purity types that have banded together to get him out one way or another. People north of these little enclaves in NY City can see through this. It must be really inconvenient that they even had to dig back to his Cabinet days. There are groups that went after Biden and still keep stirring that pot. Same groups that remained silent with Sanders. The why now is the question that should be asked..... What's driving it a person desperate to get publicity again for an election? People either love him or hate him, but it seems the haters are really desperate to see him go. Lets wait for the report...what's the rush to judgement?

[jaxexpat]

23. "What is nihilism?" for the whole enchilada, Alex.

Those people who sit around massaging their bitterness when the neo-con clods are in charge. Then, when a Democrat gets elected, they freak out that the halo is crooked.

Take a generous portion of altruism, mix in a touch of anarchy with a dash of absolutism and you pretty much have the "pain in the ass" wing of the Democratic party. You gotta love 'em. They are, after all, loyal to ......their cause.

Realistic types need to learn to interpret their cries of "foul" as rantings from the void. The place where those infinite typewriters get banged on by those infinite monkeys making that perfect copy of Shakespeare's sonnets.

[Vinca]

12. Democrats are badly misplaying this. The vast majority of people want to wait for

the investigation to be completed before passing judgement.

[DanieRains]

13. I Can't Say Anything About Democrats Learning Lessons Here

Sad.

[BeyondGeography]

17. These numbers show the party establishment is way out of touch with its base

on this issue.

Franken was a mistake. I was on board with it at the time because I didn’t think he could withstand the mounting and seemingly never-ending number of charges, even though they were increasingly mundane. I was stupid and I have moved on.

So have most Democrats. But not the NY Democratic congressional delegation, the vast majority of whom, after some post-Franken-related hesitancy, have doubled down on the double standard, one exceptionally strict for Democrats, the other recklessly indulgent for Republicans.

The polling on Cuomo has been consistent. The vast majority of registered NY Dems think he should serve out his term and move on, should the existing investigation fail to reveal any more there there. They are way ahead of their representatives on this one.

[JI7]

29. Katie Hill needs to come back

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Cuomo still has significant support

Link to tweet

[ripcord]

21. If the accusations turn out to be true neither the voters or Cuomo may have a choice

If the accusations turn out to be true the state will have to treat Cuomo exactly like they would a maintenance supervisor for the Department of Transportation who acted inappropriately with women and discipline him in the same way.

[LakeArenal]

24. If comes only an investigation and a final report of that investigation.

Even so, NY voters should decide.

I’ve heard they have no recall option
So there ya go. Wait for election or impeach him.

[ripcord]

26. He is an employee of the state

He is subject to the same rules and penalties as any other supervisor, if he is found to have done the things he is accused of they have to take action, although if it comes to that the state legislature will remove him and rightly so.

[LakeArenal]

27. If that's how the system in NY it's fine by me.

Just don’t think it involves the nonNY opinions at all.

[Stevano]

30. Kick

&R.

[The Wizard]

31. 66%

is enough to remove a president. That's a big number. I'd think twice about confronting those odds.
Cuomo has popular support, Trump didn't. It's not that complicated. Time for Gellibrand and Schumer to remove their voices from the conversation.

[LakeArenal]

36. Tired old voices. Same tune different Railroad.