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Reagan's New York strategy was genius. Trump is on track to make lightning strike again
FoxNews ^ | 06/07/2024 | Craig Shirley

Posted on 06/07/2024 9:04:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

According to a recent poll conducted by Emerson College, President Joe Biden has only a seven-point lead over rival and former President Donald Trump in the blue state of New York. Biden is also well under a 50 percent approval rating. Combined with the candidacy of independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this potentially makes the state ripe for picking by Trump in this fall’s election.

The Empire State has changed over the years since Ronald Reagan won it in 1980 and again in 1984, but not so much that it is a slam dunk for Biden. He will have to expend tremendous resources to hold on to it.

When Reagan won New York in 1980, there was the third-party candidacy of John Anderson, the liberal Republican representative from Illinois. Post election, pollsters said he took proportionally from both Carter and Reagan. Liberals saw him as one of their own and some Republicans saw him as one of their own.

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1980 vs 2024 completely different electorate. Too much stupid these days. I could be wrong.
1 posted on 06/07/2024 9:04:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

i dont think Reagan got any rapper endorsements


2 posted on 06/07/2024 9:07:10 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If he loses by 9 it’s a 14 point swing think about other states


3 posted on 06/07/2024 9:09:13 AM PDT by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My belief is that part of what makes The Steal possible is the basic psychology of society as pushed by the media.

People EXPECT New York to support the Democrat.
People EXPECT 98% of blacks to support the Democrat.
People EXPECT big urban centers to support the Democrat.

How those locations and groups are currently thinking doesn’t necessarily matter, and how they actually vote in November doesn’t necessarily matter.

It will simply be announced that blacks, big cities, and New York voted for the Democrat. Most people will shrug and say, “That’s what I expected”. This makes The Steal pretty easy to pull off.


4 posted on 06/07/2024 9:10:03 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Reagan's New York strategy was genius. Trump is on track to make lightning strike again

Democrat ballot-harveting antics weren't nearly as developed when Reagan was running.
5 posted on 06/07/2024 9:14:02 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You are not wrong. Consultants like Craig Shirley who are still living in 1980s America are wrong. People no longer simply vote with their pocketbooks. Today, ideology is more important than survival. People would rather see their livelihood and existence threatened than to vote for Trump.


6 posted on 06/07/2024 9:16:06 AM PDT by nwrep
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We’ll know if he’s serious about this if he picks Elise Stefanik as VP.

Lots of trial balloons to be floated between now and then.

Personally, I think NY is too far gone. But Trump will scare the s#it out of the Dems in NY between now and then.

Bonus, if by some chance he can flip NY, CT and NJ may not be far behind. PA, too.


7 posted on 06/07/2024 9:16:25 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

in 2020, with a large number of mail-in ballots, it took some places in New York, particularly NY City, up to six weeks to count all ballots

Plenty of room for corruption there.


8 posted on 06/07/2024 9:16:52 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t think Trump has a snowball’s chance in Manhattan.


9 posted on 06/07/2024 9:17:00 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden needs to win NY, not Trump. Trump would be wise to tell his supporters to vote for RFK, Jr. in CA, IL, NY, OR, WA, etc. hopefully in a deal with RFK, Jr. to tell his supporters to vote for Trump in AZ, GA, PA, MI, WI, etc. It would not only guarantee that Biden can’t win a majority in the Electoral College, but would damage the Rats as a national party in other races. That’s worth doing, even if it costs Trump some popular votes, which is irrelevant.


10 posted on 06/07/2024 9:19:18 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: ClearCase_guy
It will simply be announced that blacks, big cities, and New York voted for the Democrat. Most people will shrug and say, “That’s what I expected”. This makes The Steal pretty easy to pull off.

You are 100% correct. The persistent message that the Dims persistently win certain voting blocks is part of making the vote fraud accepted as "real".

11 posted on 06/07/2024 9:20:46 AM PDT by Tell It Right (Galatians 6:14 -- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...)
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To: Eccl 10:2

Bonus, if by some chance he can flip NY, CT and NJ may not be far behind. PA, too.

To paraphrase 2000 election analyst Ron Brownstein*, if he flips NY, CT & NJ, PA won’t matter.

* I think it was him telling Wolf Blitzer that if Bush won CA, then the rest would not matter. If he was winning CA, he would be sweeping the country ala 1984.


12 posted on 06/07/2024 9:23:41 AM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Eccl 10:2
Elise Stefanik as VP.

Perfect choice. Can you imagine her debating Heels-up Harris?

13 posted on 06/07/2024 9:26:09 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (It's NOT a vaccine)
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To: Eccl 10:2

“Personally, I think NY is too far gone.”

Agreed.

Zeldin ran an excellent campaign for governor—did everything right—and still got easily beaten by a joke of a Democrat.


14 posted on 06/07/2024 9:28:17 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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“if he flips NY, CT & NJ, PA won’t matter”

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True. I was just throwing PA in there for effect.

My fear is that Trump will get too fixated on winning NY out of spite that it will detract from focusing on the true battleground states.


15 posted on 06/07/2024 9:28:31 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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.........in the blue state of New York, Biden is well under a 50% approval rating..........


The irrepressible Republican Senator John Kennedy got off his best line (to date):

“Biden is in big trouble politically, his popularity’s polling right up there with fungal infections.”


16 posted on 06/07/2024 9:29:23 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: nwrep

> Today, ideology is more important than survival. <

Yep. And it’s fueled by relentless anti-Trump (and anti-Republican) propaganda. This propaganda is on the evening news. It’s on the late-night talk shows. It’s on ‘The View’. Etc.

Hear 1+1=3 often enough, and maybe you’ll start to believe it.


17 posted on 06/07/2024 9:32:03 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

“Elise Stefanik as VP.
Perfect choice. Can you imagine her debating Heels-up Harris?”

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While not a bad choice, Elise mopping the floor with Harris, while satisfying in the short term, will be inconsequential in the long run.

Stefanik is something of a latecomer to the MAGA side of things. That scares me a bit. That, and she may be compromised being a longer-term Congressperson.

IMHO, the best choice would be Sarah Sanders, followed by Byron Donalds.


18 posted on 06/07/2024 9:34:55 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can anyone help me find a source for this claim in the article:

“Several years ago, Biden foolishly said Ukraine was not in American’s defensive perimeter, giving carte blanche to President Vladmir Putin to invade Ukraine.”

I obviously can’t find it on Google and ChatGPT cites five links from the white house to deny it.


19 posted on 06/07/2024 9:44:14 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: ClearCase_guy

great point!


20 posted on 06/07/2024 9:45:01 AM PDT by pghbjugop
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