ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — About 2,000 opponents of a natural-gas drilling process that involves blasting chemical-laden water deep into the ground rallied outside New York’s Capitol on Monday as a new statewide poll showed a slight increase among voters who are against it.

The Siena College poll of about 800 registered voters showed 44 percent opposed to drilling and 37 percent supporting it, compared with 41 percent to 39 percent last month.