Mayor Bloomberg still has some work to do to sell New York voters on a term-limits change, polling shows.
A Quinnipiac University poll taken in mid-July shows that voters opposed by 2 to 1 a move to extend term limits so current officials can serve out another four years.
But, when the question was specifically whether Bloomberg should be allowed to serve another term, the numbers shrank somewhat, with 56 percent opposing the idea and 38 percent in favor.
The survey found that Bloomberg’s approval rating was at 71 percent, compared to his unfavorable rating of 22 percent.
When asked about term limits as an issue, 55 percent of voters said a mid-game change to the rules is unfair, while 40 percent said Bloomberg should get another four years to build on his legacy.
And by 71 percent to 23 percent, New Yorkers favor the concept of term limits overall.
The poll was taken July 10-14 and surveyed 999 registered city voters. It had a 3-point margin of error.
There has been no public polling on the topic of term limits since the financial crisis started roiling Wall Street and the nation.
Voters overwhelmingly supported term limits in two voter referendums in the 1990s, including a bid by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani to extend the law for the City Council to three terms in 1996. The measure failed.