Posted on 10/20/2022 2:27:29 PM PDT by conservative98
In politics, as in sports, underdogs are often the most interesting people. Modest except in ambition, they take nothing for granted while daring to dream that anything is possible.
Lee Zeldin is one of those people. Until recently, he was relatively unknown outside his Long Island congressional district, but he’s now on the cusp of playing David to Gov. Hochul’s Goliath.
A series of surveys in recent weeks has showed the race tightening, and a big jolt came Tuesday when the Quinnipiac poll put him behind by just four points.
Now there can be no doubt — the race is a toss-up.
It’s a stunning development in a state where registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by 2-1 and no GOP candidate has won a statewide race in two decades. But independents favor Zeldin by 20 points, the poll finds, and it shows him getting 37% support in the city, double what recent GOP statewide candidates got.
As he and others have noted, a Republican has no chance of winning the state with less than 30% in the five boroughs.
If the numbers in the Q poll are right, and if Zeldin can hold the city support and add to his leads in the suburbs and upstate, he will pull off a remarkable upset.
One arrow in his quiver among suburban voters is that he opposes expensive congestion pricing in the city, which Hochul supports. It would take effect next year.
So the trend is his friend, and Zeldin knows it.
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When I first saw this guy’s ads (following him on twatter) I kinda felt sorry for him, because he seems like a great candidate. But he’s outperforming my expectations! #GOP
Sorry, Zeldin has no shot.
Quinnipiac poll put him behind by just four points”
Quinnipiac is very rat biased so it’s probably even.
Wrong, bozo.
I hope he pulls this off but I’m skeptical it’s NY.
Here’s to an abject political slaughter of the dems Nov 8th.
A Lee Zeldin upset could only happen in a country where they have honest elections.
That criteria pretty much eliminates the USA.
Here on Long Island, Zeldin’s home turf, I have not seen a single Zeldin ad while I couldn’t watch the MLB playoffs without 2 Hochul ads per game. I heard a Zeldin ad yesterday. Pretty good one but it was not from Zeldin but froma PAC. It will be close but if he wins it will be a miracle.
Why then is Hochul still leading in the polls by at least 8 points at this point in time? It’s not even close.
We need to keep praying, too.
Hope we can pull this off
a big jolt came Tuesday when the Quinnipiac poll put him behind by just four points.
Now there can be no doubt — the race is a toss-up.
Even if Zeldin got more votes, the NY fraud machine would kick into overdrive and, voila!, the witch would win by a nose, 2 weeks after Election Day.
Funny how that happens.
Glad if I'm wrong, but I'm being realistic. Republican Party is dead in NYS. Democrats are going to get out the vote on election day or by mail. False hope.
The data Monday showed there were 5.93 million Democrats, making up 49.8 percent of the rolls. That compares to 6.22 million (50.1 percent) in 2021 and 5.62 million (49.7 percent) in 2018.
There were 2.65 million Republicans (22.2 percent of total registered voters), compared to 2.75 million (22.1 percent) in 2021 and 2.63 million (23.3 percent) in 2018.
Wish that was true, it would help cure the disease
I doubt this one turns red
Northern states are more gutted and feel economic pain including the crime more easily.
You can see it from Wisconsin to Michigan and over to New York in the governor’s races.
The Dem incumbent in WI Evers most vulnerable to lose and Whitmer a little less so in Michigan.
I’m not surprised but heck Zeldin victimized by crime personally twice in the campaign how did that happen?
Hochul is running scared and Cuomo may have friends bitter over his ouster who aren’t supporting her to the fullest extent over his ouster.
We shall see.
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