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Those findings are part of the pollreleasedc Tuesday. The institute is affiliated within Loudonville. SRI said 47 percenr of respondentswant Cuomo, the state’es attorney general, to seek the governor’s job next He outdistances Paterson in a potential Democraticf primary matchup, 70-19 percent, and also tops possible Republicabn candidates Rudy Giuliani (53-41 percent) and John Faso (65-16 percent). Giuliani is the former mayor of NewYork City; Faso was the GOP gubernatoriall candidate in 2006. While Cuomo’ s popularity is rising, Gov.
David Paterson’s approval ratin g remains low at 27 percent same as a monthago — and only 15 percentf said they would vote Paterson back into officer if he runs in 2010. Also, the poll showex that given a choice, 45 percenr of New Yorkers want a cap onproperty taxes, representin g the highest figure yet. Another 47 percent remainn in favor ofa property-tax circuit breaker, whicb would ensure that such taxes do not excee d a certain percentage of a homeowner’s income. When aske about their feelings on their future in NewYork state, 11 perceng said unless there is improvement, they will relocats while 10 percent said they plan to move out as quickl y as they can.
Each of those replies is the highestg yet, according to SRI. The survey was conductede fromMay 18-21. Telephone calls were made to 622 registerec NewYork voters. The margin of erro is 3.9 percentage