ALBANY - Never mind the media frenzy over politicians eating pizza with a fork: New Yorkers don't seem to mind.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential hopeful, made headlines in Queens last week when he took his first few bites of pizza with a fork.
GOP front-runner Donald Trump did the same thing five years ago, racking up a wave of media attention when he used a fork while meeting with Sarah Palin at a Times Square pizza shop.
But a majority of New York voters won't hold it against either candidate, a poll Wednesday showed.
Fifty-five percent of voters said it is acceptable to eat pizza with a fork, while 33 percent said it's unacceptable, according to the Public Policy Polling poll.
Even voters in New York City -- the site of both political faux pas -- are OK with it: 56 percent say it's acceptable.
Those in New York City's suburbs were split, however. Forty-five percent called it acceptable, with 46 percent calling it unacceptable.
Kasich, meanwhile, has poked fun at his fork-eating instincts, eating a large slice with his hands on celebrity news program "Extra" days later.
On ABC's "Good Morning America," Kasich said the pizza's temperature contribute to his decision to use a utensil.
"The pizza came scalding hot, OK?" Kasich said. "So I used a little fork."
Public Policy Polling polled 1,403 New York voters from Thursday through Sunday. Eighty percent were polled by phone, with the remaining 20 percent via the Internet.
The poll has a margin of error of 2.6 percentage points, according to PPP.
