Poll: Menino Heavily Favored, But Boston Residents Divided Over A 6th Term

A new poll shows that while Boston Mayor Thomas Menino remains widely favored, city residents are divided over whether he should run for an unprecedented sixth term.

The poll (PDF), conducted for The Boston Globe by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, found that while the mayor holds a 74 percent approval rating, just 43 percent said they want him to run again, compared to 36 percent who do not want him to run.

Sixty percent cited the mayor’s recent health issues, which left him hospitalized for nearly two months last year, as a reason they were less likely to vote for him. Menino — who has until May 13 to decide whether to apply for nomination papers — has said he doesn’t want to be “just a mayor sitting at a desk.”

“I want to have the energy,” Menino told WBUR’s Bob Oakes earlier this month. “I want to have the where-all of making sure the city continues to move forward.”

full: http://www.wbur.org/2013/03/27/boston-menino-poll