A majority of registered New York voters rate freshman Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's (D-N.Y.) job performance as fair or poor, according to a Marist College poll conducted Nov. 12, 16 and 17.
Thirty-nine percent said Gillibrand has done a fair job since being appointed to the Senate to fill the post previously held by Hillary Rodham Clinton, and 12 percent said her performance has been poor. Twenty-five percent gave Gillibrand an excellent or good rating and 24 percent had no opinion. The margin of error was 3.5 percent.
The Marist poll reinforces previous findings that show Gillibrand has yet to establish herself among New York voters -- an October Siena College poll found her favorable-to-unfavorable rating was virtually even and 46 percent of voters had no opinion of her.
Gillibrand's ratings in the Marist poll do not vary widely across the political spectrum. She earned a good rating from 24 percent of Democrats, 20 percent of Republicans and 23 percent of unenrolled, or independent, voters and a fair rating from 34 percent of Democrats, 39 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of unenrolled voters.
Marist released a different section of the same poll Friday that showed Gillibrand trailing former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) by double digits in a hypothetical general election match-up. She fares better against former New York Gov. George Pataki (R), though still trailed 47 percent to 45 percent.
Gillibrand led comfortably among Democrats and Pataki among Republicans, but Pataki enjoyed a big lead among independents -- 52 percent to 39 percent. Pataki, like Giuliani, has not committed to a run and it is unclear how seriously he is really considering the race.
Gillibrand faces only nominal opposition in the Democratic primary.
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