New York Governor David Paterson finishes his first full month in office with a 55% approval rating, a 28% disapproval rating, and an overall Net Job Approval of Plus 27.

Paterson, who took office on March 17 in the wake of Eliot Spitzer’s resignation, is viewed favorably across most demographic groups, with two notable exceptions: Hispanic-Americans and conservatives.

For context, New York’s two United States Senators today have Net Job Approvals of Plus 29 (Schumer) and Plus 17 (Clinton). President Bush has a Net Job Approval of Minus 46.

Paterson’s Plus 27 is nearly the mirror image of Eliot Spitzer’s final Net Job Approval number, in February — a Minus 22 — but it’s also notably lower than Spitzer’s approval rating in his first month in office — a Plus 38.

Research conducted exclusively for WABC-TV in New York, WNYT-TV in Albany, and WHEC-TV in Rochester.