NY-Quinnipiac: Gov. Cuomo (D) sets post 9/11 approval ratings record

[Smash255]

As someone is liberal NY Democrat, I don't know what some of the complaints about Cuomo are really about.  He has done an excellent job as Governor.  The Pension reform thing was no big deal, and well this isn't Wisconsin in going after teachers making $40-$50K. 

Casing point my current county legislator (Republican Joe Belesi) is a retired Nassau County Cop, rakes in a six figure pension, and got a pay out of $432,000 when he retired from the force (though that was more due to a screwed up county system than state system, put in place by former county exec Republican Tom Gullotta)

[Smash255]

So he's most popular in the suburbs? That's interesting.

72-15 and 76-12 is basically semantics, but his popularity in the suburbs isn't exactly that surprising.  The property tax cap was quite popular here, especially considering the average property taxes in the core NYC suburban counties are $10-12,000.  Also the suburbs are socially liberal, most of the same sex marriage polls showed the support in the suburbs slightly higher than NYC proper.