The first real poll (Daily Intelligencer conducted a highly unscientific poll earlier this week) of the comptroller's race since Eliot Spitzer entered it on Sunday shows the former governor beating Manhattan borough president and longtime state assemblyman Scott Stringer by nine points among Democrats, 43 percent to 33 percent. (nymag.com)
that poll is being read wrong, patersons real poll numbers is 56 % if you look at the number of people who rate him at fromexcellent to fair which most people polled say. (maristpoll.marist.edu)