In 2016, Schumer got 70+% of the vote, so how does he explain his drop of 14% between 2016 and 2022?
New York was the Dems repeat of 2016 in Michigan and Wisconsin. They got high on their own supply (in 2022 in NY, anger at crime = racism, in 2016 in MI and WI, support for Trump = racism) and failed to do the work.
However, just like in in WI and MI the Dems won’t be caught with their pants down again. They will double down on vote by mail with ballot harvesting, probably give a shot at a mid-term redistricting, and find very high quality candidates for swing seats. NY Dems have a good supply of handsome Ivy League-educated combat veterans, and expect to see them running for a lot of the seats lost last week.)