But, what’s the % of voters upstate compared to the overall number of NY State voters? Aren’t there more votes in the city?
I know that when Hillary ran for Senate they said she wouldn’t have won without winning the upstate vote. Which made me sick.
Depends on how you slice it. With about 8M people in NYC that’s 42%, or less than half, of the 19M statewide. But add in almost 3M more from just Westchester County and Long Island, surrounding NYC, and you’ve reversed the ratio.
“Aren’t there more votes in the city?”
It is about a 50/50 split between NYC and the rest of the state. But of course many of the suburbs surrounding NYC might have to be counted as “city” voters and that would give them the majority, which probably explains why they can’t get rid of the libs.
Although I’d have to say political dysfunction in NY is a truly bi-partisan affliction.