Of the Times poll’s respondents, 943 said they were registered to vote.

The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points, both for all respondents and for voters.

Mr. Paladino’s decline has helped Mr. Cuomo assemble a broad coalition of voters; he is favored by upstate voters, independents and moderates. He is supported by a majority of affluent voters  who tend to support Republican candidates  and by a quarter of Republicans.

The survey also revealed voters’ anxiety about their own financial situation.

Fully 69 percent worry that they or someone in their household will be laid off within the next year. Not surprisingly, they overwhelmingly want the next governor to focus on creating jobs.

Even as they express support for Mr. Cuomo, however, they are uncertain he can make a difference. While 27 percent say the economy will improve if Mr. Cuomo is elected, 53 percent say it will stay the same and 10 percent say it will worsen.

And despite both candidates’ pledge to reduce the burden of state and local taxes, similar proportions of voters  about 4 in 10  said they expected their taxes would go up if Mr. Cuomo won or if Mr. Paladino won.

While Mr. Cuomo’s job approval ratings as attorney general are strong, he still appears to be best known as the scion of a political dynasty. When asked what first comes to mind when they hear Mr. Cuomo’s name, 31 percent said his father, the former governor Mario M. Cuomo, or his family name. Just 14 percent said they thought of him first and foremost as New York’s attorney general.

At the same time, 73 percent said he had the temperament and personality to be a good governor, suggesting that Mr. Cuomo has largely shed his own reputation for brashness and political hardball, at least where voters are concerned.