From TimesUnion.com:

Both Andrew Cuomo, the attorney general who is the party’s standard-bearer, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a figure of statewide and national prominence and a media fixture, saw their favorability ratings slip, particularly among independent voters. In a month, Cuomo’s rating dropped from 60 to 51 percent and Schumer’s from 54 to 41 percent.

“Independents are even more negative about the direction of this state than are Democrats and Republicans, and I believe that what we’re seeing is independents saying, ‘Jeez, you guys have been in control and made this place even more dysfunctional.’ As a result, a significant number of independents moved from the Democrats,” said Steve Greenberg, a spokesman for the Siena Research Institute, which conducted the poll.

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