governors' popularity

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a 64–16 percent job approval rating among registered voters, higher than the governors in any state polled by Quinnipiac University so far this year.

The next highest governor is New Jersey’s Christopher Christie, with a 52–40 percent approval rating in a February 9 survey by the independent Quinnipiac University. Governors in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio all had approval ratings below 50 percent, but these governors all are involved in unresolved state budget battles.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found that 39 percent of Pennsylvania voters approve of the job Tom Corbett is doing, while 37 percent disapprove.

In February the poll showed a disapproval rating of only 11 percent.

The poll has a 3 percent margin of error.