Voter fatigue is starting to show for New York’s Mayor. A new poll finds his approval rating has dropped below 50 percent for the first time in five years. That’s according to a Marist College Poll released Tuesday.
History has repeatedly shown third terms are when NYC Mayors wear out their welcome, and also when their administrations get into trouble with possible corruption.
An explanation for the drop? Clearly New Yorkers continue to be worried about the economy and are possibly angry about the proposed mosque near Ground Zero.
49% of the New Yorkers surveyed say Bloomberg was doing a good or excellent job, only 46% said he would be remembered as an above-average mayor.
Third terms are also when city administrations have shown to run out of fresh and new ideas.
Bloomberg‘s spokesman Stu Loeser responded this way:
"The Mayor has always done what he thinks is right, including cutting programs people like instead of letting the City go into default and standing up for Constitutional rights even if it's not popular."
In the long run, New Yorkers respect that he doesn't put his finger in the wind to see what to do."
Marist questioned 696 registered voters July 28 through Aug. 5.
The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.