55% in New York Blame Budget Crisis on State Legislators - Rasmussen Reports™

55% in New York Blame Budget Crisis on State Legislators - Rasmussen Reports™

As New York elected officials continue to bicker over the state's projected $9 billion deficit, a new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows that a majority of voters hold the state legislature responsible for failing to resolve the budget crisis.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters in the state place most of the blame for New York’s budget crisis on the legislators. Twenty-eight percent (28%) say the overall economic meltdown is to blame, while just 10% feel the problem is Democratic Governor David Paterson's fault.

With both chambers of the legislature controlled by Democrats, it's not surprising to find that most Democratic voters (42%) blame the state’s budget crisis on the overall economic meltdown. However, a majority of Republicans (68%) and voters not affiliated with either party (71%) blame the state’s legislators.