This was a major misstatement by Cruz. It not only doesn’t play well in NY, but the entire northeast. This is an area that elects “conservatives” like Scott Brown, Chris Christie, Susan Collins, Lincoln Chaffee, Mitt Romney, ect. Heck Donald Trump is miles more conservative.
This is a heavily populated area that is delegate rich. Cruz’ NY values statement is going to prove to be very costly to his campaign
It’s an area irrelevant to national politics because they vote the same no matter who the candidate is. Granted, Trump could be an exception because he’s a different breed, but if Cruz is the nominee, he’ll get the same number of northeast electoral votes whether he pisses on their legs or spends 4 months exclusively campaigning for their love. It’s been baked in since 1992 and isn’t going to change 9/10 times.