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Why New York’s GOP Midterm Loss Is More Of A Win Than You Think: Despite Lee Zeldin's Defeat, There are still plenty of reasons to celebrate what happened in New York — and here they are.
The Federalist ^
| 11/10/2022
| Sophia Corso
Posted on 11/10/2022 9:56:17 PM PST by SeekAndFind
There are still plenty of reasons to celebrate what happened in New York — and here they are.
To the dismay of many New York conservatives, incumbent Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul defeated Republican challenger Lee Zeldin in the midterm contest. But underneath the disappointing loss is a gubernatorial comeback story and a spate of down-ballot GOP candidates who made a bigger red splash in the Empire State than many other candidates were able to pull off around the country.
With 94 percent of the vote tallied, Zeldin trails Hochul by a little over 300,000 votes or 5.6 percentage points. And while this might seem like a lot, especially compared to swing states, in the 2018 New York gubernatorial race, Democrat incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo beat Republican candidate Marc Molinaro by a landslide — more than 1.4 million votes and a whopping 23.4 points.
What’s more, Zeldin picked up hundreds of thousands of additional votes from deep-blue New York City’s five boroughs, mostly Queens and Brooklyn, compared to Molinaro — securing about 200,000 more votes in the Big Apple than the 2018 candidate did. Meanwhile, Hochul received more than half a million fewer votes in NYC than Cuomo did four years ago.
New Yorkers’ red fervor extended further than the governor’s race, though, with voters successfully flipping multiple congressional districts for Republicans. George Santos won NY-3 against Democrat Robert Zimmerman, a seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi. Republican Anthony D’Esposito beat out Democrat Laura Gillen, flipping NY-4 red. And NY-17 went for Republican Mike Lawler, who beat out five-term incumbent Democrat Rep. Patrick Maloney — the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
It’s impossible to pinpoint exactly what motivated New Yorkers to vote for Republican candidates, especially considering the exodus of conservatives from the state for freer areas such as Florida during New York’s devasting lockdowns under then-Gov. Cuomo. But it’s undeniable that Democrats’ left-wing policies have wreaked havoc on the northeast state.
As a result of New York’s cashless bail, for instance, criminals have been freed to commit more acts of violence, including even murder. Within the past month alone, two murders made headlines after the alleged perpetrators were released from jail under this radical bail reform and then proceeded to commit deadly crimes.
Rewind to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic when, as The Federalist reported, a “New York state order handed down by Cuomo and his health department ordered nursing homes to accept recovering coronavirus patients despite the risk to other residents,” contributing to the thousands of senseless Covid nursing home deaths that were drastically underreported.
Then thanks to mask and Covid jab mandates across the state, at least 1,400 New York hospital workers — and possibly many more — were fired for refusing the shot. Schools were also forced into long-term draconian lockdowns, with children being robbed of irreplaceable in-person learning and thus experiencing massive learning loss. The Nation’s Report Card showed New York ranking near the bottom in terms of public school fourth-graders’ reading level, dropping a whopping 6 points in 2022 compared to 2019 and coming in more than 20 points short of “proficient.”
Add to skyrocketing crime, safety concerns, devastating lockdowns, and heavy-handed mandates the fact that record gas and grocery prices are making everyday life unsustainable for many Americans, New Yorkers apparently realized voting for Democrats is not the answer to these Democrat-induced problems.
Seeing these House seat wins for Republicans and recognizing Zeldin’s narrow margins, especially in comparison to the 2018 election, there is reason to celebrate what happened in New York this week. Hopefully, the longer Hochul attempts to turn the Empire State into a Democrat utopia, the more people will wake up and realize what a dystopian disaster it actually is — and keep voting red.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bloggers; leezeldin; midterms; newyork; rosecoloredglasses
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To: SeekAndFind
SOURCE: https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/nassau/politics/heres-how-nassau-county-voted-in-hochul-zeldin-race/848925/
HERE’s HOW THE MAJOR NEW YORK COUNTIES VOTED IN THE GOVERNOR’s RACE IN 2022:
Candidates with an asterisk are the projected winner.
CAPITAL REGION
Albany County: Hochul* by 59 to 41 percent (67,306 to 46,839 votes)
Columbia Columbia: Hochul* by 53.7 to 46.3 percent (15,650 to 13,490 votes)
Greene County: Zeldin* by 62.2 to 37.8 percent (12,231 to 7,422 votes)
Rensselaer County: Zeldin* by 54.3 to 45.7 percent (33,403 to 28,107 votes)
Saratoga County: Zeldin* by 53.9 to 46.1 percent (55,048 to 47,085 votes)
Schenectady County: Hochul* by 50.4 to 49.6 percent (26,534 to 26,106 votes)
HUDSON VALLEY/CATSKILLS
Dutchess County: Zeldin* by 52 to 48 percent (58,424 to 53,856 votes)
Orange County: Zeldin* by 56.2 to 43.8 percent (68,350 to 53,165 votes)
Putnam County: Zeldin* by 60.5 to 39.5 percent (24,557 to 16,010 votes)
Rockland County: Zeldin* by 56.2 to 43.8 percent (60,133 to 46,786 votes)
Sullivan County: Zeldin* by 60.4 to 39.6 percent (14,388 to 9,415 votes)
Ulster County: Hochul* by 57 to 43 percent (43,308 to 32,709 votes)
Westchester County: Hochul* by 60.2 to 39.8 percent (187,986 to 124,347 votes)
LONG ISLAND
Nassau County: Zeldin* by 55.4 to 44.6 percent (280,916 to 226,506 votes)
Suffolk County: Zeldin* by 58.7 to 41.3 percent (323,960 to 228,262 votes)
But in New York City, nearly 1.8 million votes were cast with Zeldin getting over 540,000 votes ( about 30% )and Hochul over 1.2 million votes (about 70% ). Had Zeldin gotten 3 percentage points more, he could have won.
It was New York City that gave Hochul the victory in the end.
To: SeekAndFind
some people need a 2x4 to the head to realize whats going on
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posted on
11/10/2022 10:04:15 PM PST
by
joshua c
(to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
To: SeekAndFind
Lee Zeldin is a hero because of his run he flipped the house by himself
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posted on
11/10/2022 10:07:07 PM PST
by
Lod881019
To: SeekAndFind
I alluded to this NY info in one of my earlier posts today. Thanks for the details. This is a very important development.
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posted on
11/10/2022 10:09:54 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
To: joshua c
This morning the MSM suggested that ALL the too close to call house races were going to be won by the Democrats.
That does not seem to be the case.
There is very little that gives me more pleasure than seeing the MSM proven wrong!
To: SeekAndFind
It was New York City that gave Hochul the victory in the end.
As usual!!
God bless Lee Zeldin!! NY owes him much gratitude.
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posted on
11/10/2022 10:10:56 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
To: Lod881019
The Republicans picked up a us house seat in New York. That may be the one needed to push the number past 218
Right now it looks like 222.
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posted on
11/10/2022 10:17:28 PM PST
by
political1
(Love your neighbors)
To: Lod881019
He gave up his seat in Congress to run. They should make him Speaker of the House.
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posted on
11/10/2022 10:22:45 PM PST
by
CaptainK
("If life's really hard, at least its short")
To: CaptainK
I would be all for it he seems like a terrific guy. That mans wife should get roses weekly from McCarthy because of him he gets that gavel
To: CaptainK
YEP! A Jewish speaker, too.
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posted on
11/10/2022 11:06:22 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(America Cowboy up! )
To: SeekAndFind
Yuge drop-off in the Bronx and Queens.
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posted on
11/10/2022 11:08:12 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(America Cowboy up! )
To: SeekAndFind
There are no moral victories.
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posted on
11/10/2022 11:08:22 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: All
RED WAVE IN NEW YORK DEMOCRAT STRONGHOLD
<><>AOC-endorsed candidate got beat two to one
<><>Republicans won six additional seats, perhaps more
<><>several Democrat =races still in jeopardy
<><>Dem Congressional Campaign Committee and party Finance Chair, Sean Maloney, lost
<><>Maloney spoke harshly re AOC’s apparent lack of election participation
<><>AOC played no part as the Democrat majority got decimated by Repubs.
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posted on
11/10/2022 11:11:34 PM PST
by
Liz
(DRMan proposes.God disposes.)
To: Jane Long
Agreed. I still wont go to NYC.
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posted on
11/10/2022 11:21:21 PM PST
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: dfwgator
Guy did a good job and made a fine effort, and a few seats are nice. But there’s a lot of celebrating the equivalent of the Bengals playing the Rams close going on here.
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posted on
11/11/2022 1:08:40 AM PST
by
Luke21
To: SeekAndFind
We did great in NY. Yet, all we hear is Trump blew it. Mmmmmm......sounds almost planned.
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posted on
11/11/2022 2:25:28 AM PST
by
vivenne
To: SeekAndFind
It was New York City that gave Hochul the victory in the end.
Once again like in every election the city dictates to the state
This has to change
To: joshua c
some people need a 2x4 to the head to realize whats going on
In NYC, that just might happen.
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posted on
11/11/2022 2:57:50 AM PST
by
nesnah
(Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
To: Luke21
Sorry, but you’re wrong. With Zeldin on the ticket, the Rs flipped FOUR House seats in New York and gained enough in the State Senate to block the Dem supermajority there. Together with Florida (20-8 Rs in the House after DeSantis pushed through redistricting), this will be the margin that the Rs need to control the House.
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posted on
11/11/2022 3:01:15 AM PST
by
laconic
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