A new poll released Wednesday shows that New York voters overwhelmingly approve of the job their first-term governor is doing, but they’re not quite ready to see him make a move to the White House.
In the latest poll from Quinnipiac University, 73 percent of Empire State voters approve of the job Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is doing, while only 16 percent disapprove. Elected in a landslide in 2010, Cuomo has held sky-high approval ratings throughout his first two years in office. The PollTracker Average shows Cuomo’s approval rating has been well above the 50 percent threshold for the better portion of his first term.
Still, New York voters aren’t sure whether they’re ready to see Cuomo, widely pegged as a rising star in the Democratic Party, launch a presidential bid. Only 36 percent of New York voters say they want Cuomo to run for president in 2016, while 39 percent say he shouldn’t run. The poll shows that voters think Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would make a better president than Cuomo, 54 percent to 30 percent.
