Marist poll: How low can Gov. Paterson go?

Only 19 points left to drop, acording to latest survey
By CASEY SEILER
State editor
Monday, May 4, 2009

ALBANY — A new Marist Poll finds Gov. David Paterson once again falling to new lows, and facing long odds in his quest to win election in 2010.

The new survey suggests that only 19 percent of New Yorkers think Paterson is doing an "excellent" (2 percent) or "good" (17 percent) job. That's an overall drop of 7 points from Marist's previous survey on attitudes toward the governor, conducted in March.

The top response to Paterson job performance in the new poll was "poor" (40 percent), followed by "fair" (37 percent).

The results note that if the Democratic gubernatorial primary were held today, Paterson would draw 21 percent support to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's 70 percent. the rest