A majority of New York voters do not believe Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be impeached amid allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior leveled against him in recent weeks, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found.
But the poll also shows Cuomo's job approval and favorability ratings sinking to historic lows.
The poll of 905 registered voters was conducted from March 16 to March 17; it has a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.
The poll found New Yorkers oppose his resignation 49% to 43%, a spread that is tightening after the same survey found on March 4 55% of voters do not support him stepping down.
Meanwhile, 54% of voters in New York believe Cuomo should not be impeached by state lawmakers, with 36 percent believing he should.
Cuomo has maintained he has never touched anyone inappropriately and urged patience while an investigation by Attorney General Letitia James is being conducted.
The governor's job approval and favorability ratings in the survey, however, have sharply dropped. Only 39% of voters approve of the job he is doing as governor, 48% do not. That's the lowest approval rating he has recorded with Quinnipiac since he took office 10 years ago as governor.
At the same time, only 33% of voters hold a favorable view of the governor; 51% do not -- the lowest he has ever scored since Quinnipiac began tracking that number in 2008.
"Though some of his fellow Democrats are clearly ready to usher him out the door of the Executive Mansion and point him toward the Thruway, the vast majority of the party sees a next step as necessary. They want a full investigation before deciding whether Cuomo should resign," said Quinnipiac Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
Still, there is a stark partisan and racial divide with the governor as 67% of Democratic voters do not think he should resign, 72% of Republican voters believe he should.
And Cuomo, who has appeared with prominent Black clergy and civil rights leaders in recent days, continues to hold the support of Black voters.
While majorities of white voters do not approve of the job he is doing, 71% of Black voters do and 76% of Black of voters do not believe he should resign.