Poll: Spitzer Down, Taxes Up
A majority of voters in New York State still have an unfavorable view of Eliot Spitzer, according to a new Siena poll.
His rating, according to the poll, is 41 percent favorable, 46 percent unfavorable. The poll also shows only 25 percent of voters would re-elect him right now, while 50 percent say they prefer someone else.
What’s also interesting is the lack of support for Spitzer’s plan to close the budget gap by reducing aid in education, maintaining health care cuts and not raising taxes.
When asked about those three options [question 9], 32 percent of voters favored raising taxes to plug the budget gap, including 40 percent of Democrats. Also, 33 percent of voters in New York City suburbs said they preferred raising taxes, along with 26 percent of voters upstate (both are areas where lowering taxes is a major issue).
- Poll
- Obama (D)
- McCain(R)
- Spread
- RCP Average
- 46.5
- 41.7
- Obama +4.8
- Candidate
- Favorable
- Unfavorable
- Spread
- Obama
- 55.7
- 32.7
- +23.0
- McCain
- 52.4
- 34.7
- +17.7
Under the proposed budget, would Medicaid spending actually go down, or just up by less than Local 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association want it too?
If the latter, and I think that is the case, the success of their propaganda is impressive. I think they should just say if we are not all starving to death because 100% of GDP is going to health care, they are being "cut." Just use 100% as a base, and cut backward.
At least in education, it was described as reducing the increase.
RE: Spitz polls Numbers Down (Again)
I don't think I have ever witness a Governor piss off more groups of people then the "Over educated" Spitzer.
Illegals & Drivers Licenses for them (Hillary Clinton still feels the smack on her face from this one)
Abortion Demands above & beyond Federal Stature
Gay Marriage (Polls show that Democratic African Americans are against this one)
Unable to work with his Party or reach across the aisle to work with the GOP for sure
Spitz has created problems in areas that they did not need to be created. The "Steam Roller" has a shot of being a one term Democratic Governor in a Democratic State.
Jim Kelly - NY Conservative Campaigns