A Marist College survey released on November 21, 2023, revealed that New Yorkers’ opinions of the two leading Democrats in the state had worsened.
Voters in New York City were divided on Eric Adams’s performance as mayor; 37% thought he did a good job, while 56% did not. That is a significant departure from his favorable 61 percent to 24 percent polling in a Marist study conducted in March 2022, only a few months into his administration.
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Regarding Adams’ contacts with Turkey that are under investigation for federal campaign financing, over seven out of ten New Yorkers believed he had committed a misdemeanor during his 2021 campaign.
Regarding Adams, who is innocent and has not been charged with any crime, 33% of voters in New York City stated they believed he “has done something illegal,” 39% said he “has done something unethical, but not illegal,” and 18% said he “has done nothing wrong.”
In the survey, Gov. Kathy Hochul had difficulty as well. Of the registered voters, 44% disapproved and just 43% approved of her job as governor.
The director of the survey, Lee Miringoff, stated, “There’s no good news for New York’s major officials,” while adding, “Governor Hochul’s standing has deteriorated in the state; Mayor Adams faces a more negative constituency.”
Adams’s strongest support came from elderly and Black voters in the polls.
Regarding Hochul, just 39% of participants stated that she is “changing the way things work in Albany for the better,” while 56% disagreed. When Marist asked her the same question again in October 2021, two months into her job, she received a favorable score of 46 percent to 39.
Eleven percent of those surveyed claimed that “the overall quality of life” in New York has “gotten better” during the previous year, compared to 59 percent who claimed it has “gotten worse.”
The only significant independent pollster to provide data on New York’s state government in 2023 was the Siena College Research Institute. The latest Marist data supports Siena’s conclusions, which have been in the works for months, that Hochul is in a slump in the polls. According to a Siena survey that was made public on Monday, 40% of registered voters felt positively about her, while 43% felt negatively about her.
Adams’ job approval rating was found to be 30% positive and 46% unfavorable in a statewide survey conducted by Siena last month. Adams plans to seek a second term in 2025.
Marist also questioned people about Hochul’s political philosophy.
Among Democrats, she was rated as “about right” by 60%, “too conservative” by 18%, and “too liberal” by 19%. She is deemed “too liberal” by 55% of undecided voters and 69 percent of Republicans overall.
According to the survey, 48% of registered voters thought Senator Chuck Schumer was doing a “good” or “excellent” job in office, while 51% said he was doing a “fair” or “poor” one. With intentions to run for reelection next year, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand scored 40 percent to 55 percent on that subject.
Just 44% of New Yorkers were satisfied with President Joe Biden’s work performance, compared to 53% who were not.
From November 13 to 15, 1,556 registered voters were polled by pollsters. The margin of error for the New York City estimates is 5.3 points, compared to 3.2 points for the statewide figures.
