An anti-Andrew Cuomo ballot confirmed the ex-governor’s political baggage and scandals might damage him if he jumps into the Massive Apple mayor race — however he’d nonetheless come out on high.
Cuomo held a commanding 31% in a race for mayor over a crowded area that included embattled Mayor Eric Adams, in response to a ballot of probably Democratic voters performed Jan. 29 to Feb. 3 by United for a Brighter Tomorrow.
However when confronted with destructive statements about Cuomo’s scandals and coverage choices, his lead shrank with a complete of 19%.
“Cuomo is already unpopular, but his favorability erodes quickly when voters hear about his faults,” stated pollster GBAO, noting he begins out with a forty five% favorable vs. 47% unfavorable ranking amongst major voters.
Cuomo leads the Democratic area with 31%, adopted by Mayor Eric Adams with12%, Scott Stringer and Brad Lander, the previous and present metropolis comptroller at 11% apiece, state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani with 9% assist and state Sen. Jessica Ramos with 7%.
Requested how Cuomo dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, 62% of Dems queried by pollster GBAO permitted whereas solely 32% disapproved.
However the 800 probably Democratic voters surveyed had been then fed destructive statements about Cuomo’s scandals and controversial coverage choices — and the ballot discovered his unfavorability spike.
It mentions a candidate — Cuomo with out title — who was “credibly accused of sex sexual harassment by over a dozen women,” who “hid nursing home deaths, a candidate “who lied about their record to secure a $5 million book deal” and a candidate “who supported bail reform” amongst different statements.
The voters stated they’re a lot much less prone to vote for such a candidate.
The respondents are then requested particularly about Cuomo, together with that “Cuomo resigned as governor after 13 women came forward to report him sexually harassing them.”
One other assertion introduced to voters learn, “Cuomo gained prominence for his handling of Covid, but he turned out to be a disaster. He forced sick New Yorkers into nursing homes, leading to the deaths of thousands of people, and New York led the country in nursing home deaths. At the same time, he hid the number of nursing home deaths during the pandemic, underreporting them by 50%.”
To that time, Peter Arbeeny and different nursing house households who misplaced family members from COVID simply despatched a letter to President Trump, requesting a gathering to debate a Cuomo state Well being Division that “ordered nursing homes to admit COVID positive patients.”
Cuomo maintained he adopted federal steerage.
Democratic voters had been additionally advised that Cuomo signed the 2019 bail reform regulation, which some have argued contributed to a surge in crime.
One other assertion reminds voters that Cuomo “led the effort” in approving a regulation to enact congestion pricing to enter Midtown Manhattan.
After studying the statements, 66% of Democrats view him unfavorably.
Requested once more who they might assist after listening to the controversies involving the ex-governor, Cuomo remains to be within the lead however his assist plummets from 30% to to 19%, adopted by Adams with 14%, Stringer 13%, Lander: 12% Mamdan 10% and Ramos 9% whereas 14% are undecided.
“His largest drop-off in support comes from his base: Black and Latino working-class voters,” the pollster stated.
His assist additionally plummets amongst Jewish voters, the place he already trailed Stringer and Lander earlier than the destructive messaging, the pollster stated.
Cuomo’s camp laughed off the ballot.
“This is called a push poll and a pretty comical one, because even after an onslaught of negative lies ONLY targeted at Governor Cuomo – he still beats everyone else. This isn’t how polling works and they aren’t fooling anyone,” stated Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi.
He famous the unique treasurer who created the United for a Brighter Tomorrow group was Lora Haggard, who additionally served as marketing campaign treasurer for Democratic Socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie’s presidential campaigns.
“It also directly contradicts reality, where this same far left extremist DSA group just funded a six-figure ad buy against the governor and the only result was that his standing in far more reputable polls actually increased.”
Cuomo, ought to he run for Metropolis Corridor, is able to defend his report, his rep stated.
“New Yorkers know the governor and his real world record of raising wages for millions of workers, actually building infrastructure projects that politicians merely talked about such as the Second Ave. Subway, the Moynihan Train Hall and the new Kosciuszko Bridge, passing the strongest gun violence prevention and paid family leave measures in the nation, and codifying Roe vs. Wade in state law before the Supreme Court overturned it, all while cutting taxes and reining in spending,” Azzopardi stated.
The survey of 800 likey Dem voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 share factors.
The first election is June 24.
