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.
You maybe right for the general election, but you have to win the primary first. If you want to crap all over a certain part of the country, do it after July. This was a stupid and avoidable.