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Yes and no.
Look at the county by county voting results 2000 map.
The counties with the major cities like NYC, Albany, Buffalo and such are all blue.

The rural areas where it's mainly farmland and people who actually honestly have a life outside of the political eye were all red.

It was the cities versus the country.
And the polls are done in the cities, like Ithica.
To break even with Lazio or even gain a lead, the Shrillery needed to pull a dirty.
And tehy did.
There were voting machines that were disabled, Republican levers only.
The paper 'back up' ballots were mysteriously 'lost' in the circular file, meaning tossed into the dumpster.
One of the local news stations saw firsthand such shenanigans, reported that paper backup ballots were being thrown out, then promptly clammed up when they found out it was their side doing it.

This state isn't quite as liberal as some would think.
They got quite animated when the libs in a certain school district wanted to teach third and fourth graders the 'joys' of S&M, bondage, gay&lesbian sex, bestiality, fisting and such.
The schoolboard was promptly forced to stepback from it.
The press bother to report it?
Not on your life.

We got the same thing here. I'm posting from Madison WI midwest chapter of the Kremlin. The 'rats here give away cigarettes for votes. Our new 'rat Governor gave free bingo change and soft drinks to the mentally ill for their votes. This violates election laws quite clearly, but the 'rat AG doesn't see a problem. The 'rats get away with the fraud because the 'rat voters...who are the majority...don't care. Wisconsin has not voted for a Pubbie for Prez since 1984. We got 2 'rat Senators. The suburbs vote Republican but there are not enough to counter the liberals in Milwaukee and Madison. I don't have a problem saying Wisconsin is a liberal state.

Again it's not personal. New York is a liberal state. Fraud cannot fully explain the NY elections.