ALBANY — Hail to the chiefs!
More New York voters prefer a bipartisan coalition to run the state Senate than outright control by Democrats or Republicans, according to a new poll.
Quinnipiac University found 48 percent favor a power-sharing coalition — as Senate Republicans and five breakaway Democrats have formed — to 31 percent backing a Democratic majority and 17 percent GOP control.
And 53 percent called such an alliance a "good way to create effective government," while 30 percent call it a power grab, the survey found.
The poll also found:
- Voters disagree with Mayor Bloomberg's suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton succeed him, with 51-46 opposition in the city to the former first lady and ex-U.S. senator from New York running for mayor and 58-36 opposition statewide.
- 73 percent of voters say government corruption is a "very serious" or "somewhat serious" problem in New York.
- Voters oppose by 51-39 public financing of state campaigns, as Gov. Cuomo and fellow Democrats have pushed.
The Dec. 5-10 telephone survey of 1,302 voters followed last week's announcement of an agreement under which Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos of Long Island and Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeff Klein of The Bronx will share equal power in running the Senate when the new legislative session begins next month.
For now, voters still disapprove of the job the state legislature is doing by 46-35 percent.
“Maybe the new coalition leadership in the state Senate finally will lift the state legislature out of the job approval swamp," said poll spokesman Maurice Carroll.
Yet Cuomo hit his all-time high for job approval in a Quinnipiac poll at 74 percent. Just 13 percent disapproved of his performance, while 80 percent rated his handling of Hurricane Sandy "excellent" or "good."
Newly-re-elected U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) also notched her highest job approval rating ever, 61-18, with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) at 63-23.
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