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NYC Still Likes Mayor Mike
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 30, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Mayor Bloomberg may be staunchly denying that he's running for president next year, but given the love New Yorkers seem to have for him, you can't blame him for high hopes. The latest Quinnipiac Poll says Bloomberg's approval rating is at 70%. This is down from his possible all-time approval ratings high of 75% at the start of the year, but it's still very high (back in 2003, his approval rating was around 33%).
The Quinnipiac Poll even included an open-ended portion of the poll, giving respondents a chances to say what they like and don't like about the billionaire mayor:
[What they like]
- 26 percent like his effective, business-like style;
- 12 percent say he's honest/straightforward/sincere;
- 8 percent say generally that he's doing a good job as Mayor;
- 8 percent cite his stand on issues;
- 3 percent say he's compassionate or cares about the city and the people.
Looking at what they dislike about the Mayor:
- 17 percent say he's arrogant, cold and too rich to care about people;
- 16 percent disagree with his stand on issues;
- 11 percent say he's stubborn and opinionated, and too business-like
His arrogance, coolness and wealth aren't keeping most people from saying they would want him as mayor in 2009.
And in a nod to the future mayoral election, Quinnipiac says that NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly has a 62% approval rating (including 29% amongst blacks), Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum has a 39% approval rating (43% undecided), 41% approval for Comptroller Thompson (47% undecided) and 44% approval for City Council Speaker Quinn (40% undecided).
Photograph of Mayor Bloomberg by Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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