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Majority of New Orleans voters unhappy with Nagin's performance, new poll shows
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Apr 23, 2009 04:33pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Nearly two-thirds of New Orleans voters disapprove of the job Mayor Ray Nagin is doing, and 72 percent said the city needs to move in a different direction, according to a poll released today.
The survey of 1,008 people, conducted April 5-14 by Tulane University and the nonprofit organization Democracy Corps, gave Nagin a 64-percent unfavorable rating, compared with a 52-percent approval rating to the New Orleans City Council.
Although this survey was designed as a preview of next year's mayoral election, in which Nagin is forbidden to seek a third term, only slightly more than one-third of the respondents said the contest will be "the most important city election in my lifetime."
When Nagin was elected mayor in 2002, he had not held political office. In this poll, exactly half of those responding said the next mayor should know his way around the political system and be able to work with the City Council. That would be a sharp contrast to the prickly relations between Nagin and the council.
Only 17 percent said the next mayor should be a political novice, and 37 percent said it would be "not at all likely" that they would vote for such an individual.
Moreover, 52 percent said they probably would not choose a Nagin ally.
While there was no slate of potential mayoral candidates for interviewees to mull over, the interviewers found that nearly 70 percent of the respondents had a favorable view of Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, who lost to Nagin in the 2006 runoff.
Slightly more than 64 percent said they like Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, and about half said they have a good opinion of New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley. Neither man has expressed an interest in the mayoral contest. |
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