Beijing's decision to rule out early universal suffrage has damaged the popularity ratings of politicians and officials taking a strong position on the ruling - irrespective of which side they are on - according to a survey.
The Hong Kong University poll of 1,013 respondents on Friday found support for Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and his officials dropped to the lowest levels in recent months.
But support for leading pro-democracy legislators - such as Audrey Eu Yuet-mee, Lee Cheuk-yan and Martin Lee Chu-ming - also fell from the last survey taken in early April.
Ms Eu remained the most popular legislator, but her popularity rating plunged by 8.2 points to 58 on the 100-point scale.
Support for Chief Secretary Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, who heads the constitutional reform taskforce, dropped 4.5 points to 56.6.
Mr Tsang's score was only slightly above the approval rating he recorded after the July 1 mass demonstration last year.