Posted on 10/07/2022 11:57:40 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
The race for governor in New York is tightening, like many races across the country, and Republican Lee Zeldin is closing the gap with incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul.
One of the issues driving this race is crime, and Zeldin has been hammering Hochul, even using the attempted assault on himself as an example.
Another factor that may be hurting Hochul is the fact that she wasn’t elected to the job but lucked into it when Andrew Cuomo stepped down.
Zach Williams reports at the New York Post:
New poll has Kathy Hochul, Lee Zeldin neck and neck in NY gov race
Gov. Kathy Hochul leads Republican rival Rep. Lee Zeldin of Suffolk County by just under two points — 44.5% to 42.6% — according to a new poll released Thursday.
Libertarian write-in candidate Larry Sharp trails with 3.3% support, with an additional 9.7% undecided in the poll of 1,087 likely voters, which shows the race as far tighter than other recent surveys showing Hochul ahead by double digits.
“On Nov. 8, we are going to win this race for governor,” Zeldin said of the new results from the Trafalgar Group poll.
The poll comes as the incumbent Democrat — seeking election to the seat for the first time — faces sharp criticism over rising crime in New York as well as alleged pay-to-play schemes with campaign donors and of her use of government aircraft to get around.
A campaign spokesman for Hochul — who has argued that Zeldin is too conservative for New York voters, given his support of former President Donald Trump and hardline anti-abortion stance — declined to comment on the poll conducted between Sept. 30 and Oct 3.
This looks like it’s within the margin of error.
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44.5% @KathyHochul
42.6% @leezeldin
3.2% @LarrySharpe
9.7% Und
Another big spike in murders might just swing the race for Zeldin.
I really wish these libertarian candidates would “read the room” and stay the hell out of these races.
Yeah, yeah, I loved it when Jill Stein stole a bit of Shrillary’s votes.
I can imagine he’s destroying her in areas like Watertown and Ogdensburg and Central Leatherstocking and also doing well in Rochester and its surrounding areas. It is probably really only NYC and Albany where she is still that good bit ahead.
Her entire campaign, from the non-stop advertising I'm subjected to, is Lee Zeldin is pro-life. And even with a single issue, they still have to lie about that, stressing that Lee Zeldin would make women carry a baby to term even if it will kill the woman. Nonsense.
The more that crazy broad talks, the more votes go to Zeldin..she literally said a few days ago that NYC is the safest city in America, OH REALLY..that’s why no one in their right mind will go on the freakin subway anymore, cause you will get stabbed or robbed..tell that to the family of the EMT stabbed to death last week, or the poor woman who lost her eyesight in the subway by some crazed attacker who had done prison time for murdering his grandmother
The cheating back then pales to what it is now.
How heavy did they oversample Dems?
Gov. Hoochie...
Libertarian party candidate Sharpe should
drop out because if Madame HO gets in she will
raise taxes and more Wall Street firms will
move to Florida. Carl Ikahn did that with his
firm as did many others.
In this day and age of the internet stock trades
are executed in the cloud and high Manhattan
rents is an avoidable cost. Paying NYC and State
taxes on trades is avoidable.
Larry Sharpe has no chance of winning but
his 3% share of the vote would put Zeldin
in the lead and send some campaign cash to
Zeldin.
That would be a dream come true if he could de-throne her, but not getting my hopes up in a state whose rule is election fraud.
Do New York mail-in ballots with Florida postmarks count in this election?
Two two two....
Well, the Demoncrats have that covered. Dominion “counts” the votes in all NY Counties except Albany, Erie and the Five Boroughs..
I find it amazing that the surrender monkey crowd won’t post polls like this one. Instead they seek out the doomer polls from very unreliable pollsters and then proceed to explain how all is lost.
It’s a very telling pattern.
I appreciate that you broke the normal mold here.
New York doesn’t use Dominion machines. Why lie?
Yes it is funny, NY and MA can still sometimes elect GOP Governors. Usually because they pounce on special issues on their first win, Zeldin now has that opportunity with CRIME. Funny, that's how Pataki first won, supporting the death penalty, until he didn't and lost.
This “race” is Kathy Hochul’s to lose.
She cannot come up with a valid reason for New York State residents to vote FOR her. Even New York City is losing its enthusiasm for mayhem and mismanagement.
The only things Losertarians accomplish are electing Democrats who are the most anti liberty party around.
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