Even though he's continuing to point out where the city may be overspending or losing money, the recent news that his campaign finances are being investigated by the feds is not helping City Comptroller John Liu. A recent poll from Quinnipiac shows his approval ratings from fallen from 57% in May to 38% now. more ›

A year and a half into Mayor Bloomberg's third term, New Yorkers are not loving hizzoner. In March the percentage of voters who thought Bloomberg is doing an "excellent or good job" dipped to 40 percent and today a new Marist poll [PDF] shows another tumble. According to the new poll, he's now down to 39 percent. On the other hand, his disapproval rating also dropped, from 59 percent in March to 58 percent today. That's 35 percent who think he is doing a fair job and 23 percent who think he is doing a poor job. Only 4 percent weren't sure how to rate the mayor (which...really?). more ›

Mayor Bloomberg may be swinging from the rafters while wearing Spider-Man tightsMarist poll finds his job approval rating at 40%, "This includes 9% who believe the mayor is doing an excellent job in office and 31% who say he is doing a good one. About four in ten voters — 38% — rate Bloomberg’s job performance as fair while 21% view it as poor. Only 1% is unsure." Last month, his approval rating was 44%. more ›

According to a new Marist poll, Mayor Bloomberg's approval rating has fallen seven points to 49%—and apparently anti-mosque sentiment is partly to blame. Over a week after the mayor gave a rousing speech in support of religious freedom and a proposed mosque two blocks from Ground Zero, Marist poll director Lee Miringof said, "The mosque is not doing him any good... He's certainly on the wrong side of public opinion on that in the city." more ›

The latest Siena Research Institute poll shows that Governor Paterson's approval rating has one point from 19 points to 18 points. PolitickerNY notes, "The biggest reasons [for his poor approval ratings] were his handling of the state budget"—you know, in secret with Sheldon Silver and Malcolm Smith—"and approving pay raises for staffers. Two thirds of voters surveyed cited that Paterson 'has shown he's just not up to the job of being our governor' as contributing to the popularity decline." More dismal numbers: Paterson is viewed unfavorably by 63% of NY voters polled (favorably by 27%) and only 12% would want him in 2010 (vs. 71% who want someone else). On the upside, 53% of voters think gay marriage should pass (vs. 39% who don't)—gay marriage is Paterson's new pet issue. more ›

A new Quinnipiac poll shows that Mayor Bloomberg's approval rating has gone down to 66%, from January's 69%. While it's still a good rating, it is still the lowest rating of his second term (he had a 31% rating in 2003!) and Quinnipiac finds 55% of voters find him "cold and businesslike, not warm and friendly," a finding "consistent among blacks, whites and Hispanics, men and women and in all five boroughs." Quinnipiac's polling director Maurice Carroll explains, "New Yorkers don't warm up to Mayor Mike, but they give him high marks for doing his job." As for an election matchup, Bloomberg still beats both City Comptroller Bill Thompson and Rep. Anthony Weiner. Interestingly enough, Weiner, who signals he may not run for Mayor, has more support than Thompson among voters, but the campaigning really hasn't begun. more ›

A new Marist poll has some bad news for Governor Paterson: His approval rating has dropped 20 points in since Marist's late January poll. Marist also notes: "In fact, Governor Paterson’s approval rating is the lowest approval rating a New York State governor has received in the Marist Poll’s nearly thirty year history of statewide surveys." And even among registered Democrats, only 30% think he's doing an above average job (65% disagree—heck, even elected Democrats who think he's a nice human being are upset). Still, " 77% of New Yorkers believe he is working hard as governor, and 62% say Paterson understands the problems of New Yorkers." Marist's pollster Lee Miringoff told CityRoom, "You’re dealing with a bad economy, low scores on his handling of the budget, a messy Senate pick, a lot of TV ads about cutbacks, and a drop in his leadership numbers such that there’s a lot of erosion at the core, not just at the edges." As for hypothetical 2010 matchups, Rudy Giuliani would beat him, while Andrew Cuomo would beat Giuliani. more ›

Fine, maybe the Marist poll revealing that Mayor Bloomberg's approval rating fell seven points is not correlated with his promise to get back at Staten Island Chuck. But on John Gambling's radio show Mayor Bloomberg did (jokingly) discuss revenge and retribution with the creature who bit him on Groundhog Day—"I'm gonna get the little SOB next year. I'm gonna bite him in front of the cameras"—which totally sounds like a way to work his way into the hearts of voters who want to see some sort of smackdown between a billionaire and a little ol' groundhog who just sent the Mayor chocolates for his birthday/Valentine's Day as an apology. more ›

Fancy that: After kicking open the doors to a third term bid, Mayor Bloomberg's approval rating has gone up to 69%, from 66% in November, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Quinnipiac points out this "puts him back on a track of 69 percent or higher approval ratings in every other poll since he began his second term." Interestingly enough, respondents still approved of term limits 69-25% and disapproved of the City Council's decision to extend them 56-42% (they just seem like to Mayor Bloomberg?). more ›

In the first poll to come out after his maneuvering to extend term limits from two terms to three, Mayor Bloomberg's approval ratings have fallen 9 points. The Marist poll puts him at 59%, and Politicker NY's Azi Paybarah writes, "It's not a bad number by any means, but it's the farthest he’s dropped since Marist’s August 2005 poll, which had him at 53 percent." He had a 68% rating from Marist last month and in July, he had 71% from a Quinnipiac poll. more ›

New poll numbers from Quinnipiac University show the city likes Mike, as he has a 71% approval rating (back in 2003, he had 31%!). The Sun reports 56% of respondents don't want term limits to be overturned (allowing Bloomberg to run), but Bloomberg's name topped the list of who NYers would want to see as mayor--followed by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz, Representative Anthony Weiner and, tying for the fifth position, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and City Comptroller William Thompson. However, a Siena College poll finds that Rudy Giuliani would be more popular than Bloomberg if they ran against each other for governor. Don't worry, Governor Paterson--you'd beat Giuliani in a hypothetical matchup! more ›