From Rasmussen:
The botched Caroline Kennedy-for-Senate affair? Proposing a slew of unpopular new taxes? These issues and more have prompted a 26-point dive in New York Governor David Paterson’s approval ratings over the last two months.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of New York voters now approve of Paterson’s performance as governor, including just seven percent (7%) who Strongly Approve, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) disapprove of the job the Democratic governor is doing, with 30% who Strongly Disapprove. Only one percent (1%) don’t have an opinion.
Patterson is up for re-election in 2010, and that starts to look dicey. On the whole, I perceive a general drop in overall support for Democrats – not, at this point, enough to change the balance of power, but with the GOP starting to look good in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and many other places which went Democrat in 2008, we can see that unless things start to perk up for the nation, Democrats might be in for a very long 2010.
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