Hochul’s approval rating plunges over NY’s sky-high cost of living, crime, migrant crisis: poll
NY Post
New Yorkers are getting fed up with Gov. Kathy Hochul, whose job approval plunged a net eight points from last month — with voters citing the Empire State’s sky-high cost of living and the migrant crisis as their top concerns, a new poll shows.
Those quality-of-life issues appear to be what dragged down the Democrat, according to the Siena College poll out Tuesday that saw Hochul’s favorability rating sink to 41-46%, down from 45-42% in January, and her job approval rating drop to 48-47%, down from 52-43%.
Some 29% of registered New York voters polled by the upstate college said the cost of living was their main concern for the governor and the legislature to address, with the migrant crisis, crime, and affordable housing rounding out the other top problems on their minds.
“New Yorkers were clear on the top issues they wanted the Governor and Legislature to address in September, and those are the same issues they want Albany to address today,” Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a press release.
“The cost of living in the state, the recent influx of migrants to New York, crime, and the need for affordable housing were the top issues in the fall and remain the top issues today.”
Republicans were more than twice as likely to sound the alarm about the influx of migrants in the state, while Democrats told pollsters they were worried about affordable housing at a rate of more than six times as often as GOP voters.
