Poll: Manhattan Still Likes Bloomberg, Everyone Else Not So Much

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According to a Quinnipiac University poll (below), Mayor Bloomberg's ratings are their lowest since 2003, with 51 percent of New Yorkers disapproving of the job he's doing, and just 39 percent giving their approval. But of course, the posh people in Manhattan are skewing the numbers.

Fifty-five percent of Manhattan residents said he was doing a good job, compared to 35 percent in the Bronx and Queens, 34 percent in Brooklyn, and 27 percent in Staten Island. We're guessing the two percent who said the administration's handling of the snowstorm was "excellent" are Upper East Siders in the vicinity of the Mayor's pristine snow-free oasis. Here are a few more tidbits:

Seventy-two percent say where the mayor goes on weekends or vacations is a private matter, and 79 percent say the media shouldn't report on Bloomberg's off-time.

When Bloomberg leaves the city, he should make it clear who is in charge, say 84 percent.

Fifty-percent don't believe Bloomberg when he says he's not running for president, but 74 percent say he would be good at the job.

Twenty-eight percent say that Bloomberg's involvement in national issues is bad for the city.

Just 17 percent of people approve of the way Schools Chancellor Cathie Black is doing her job.

Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said, "Is it the snow, the third-term blahs, the weekends away, the presidential chatter? Whatever the explanation, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's once-upon-a-time stretch of 70-plus job approval numbers has gone south." Maybe we've just never been able to look at him the same way after finding out he puts ice in his beer.

Quinnipiac University Poll

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By Jaya Saxena in News on March 16, 2011 10:49 AM

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Stiff01

Who gives a fuck who likes Bloomberg ! I'll simplify this for everyone here . If your Well Off, Then you Love Bloomberg . If your Poor, Having a hard time paying the bills, Can't find a job, Your Rent keeps raising like the tides during a full moon, Police continually harrass you, Your block was buried under two feet of snow during the aftermath of the blizzard weeks later, You've been priced out of your neighborhood, You are a victim of "Eminent Domain" , And a score of other examples . Then you either really don't care for Bloomberg, Or you just completely hate his guts !

GalBklyn

This theme of two cities has been true for a loooooong time. Glad to see it out in the mainstream after all these years.

unretrofiedforu

This isn't 'out in the mainstream' - no one wants to talk about the 2nd America still. They're just providing the data; it would look bad on the rich so the connection isn't made.

jamieob256

I'm from the Upper Eastside and I never could stand Bloomberg.

Guest

...and 100% of Mayor Bloombergs polled don't give a shit what the plebes think.

splicernyc

Does Manhattan include Harlem? Lots of Bloomberg lovers there.

m015094

I live in Harlem and I love Bloomberg. I don't agree with ALL of his policies, but at least he has some balls.

splicernyc

I guess you'll always find people who support a dictator.

m015094

And you'll always find idiots who think an elected official is a dictator.

Guest

he certainly acts like a spoiled dictator -- overriding voter mandated term limits, backroom Cathie Black appointment, etc.

splicernyc

And among the defenders of said person that behaves like a dictator, you'll find people who don't know how to discuss things without using ad hominem attacks.