Posted on 07/10/2024 12:43:47 PM PDT by Red Badger
New York Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that their historically deep blue state is now in play after recent polls put former President Donald Trump within single digits of President Joe Biden, according to Politico.
Two polls conducted in a swing New York House district in September and March found Trump leading Biden by one point, while other public polling conducted in recent months found Biden’s lead over the former president statewide shrunk to eight points, Politico reported. Biden won the state in the 2020 election by 23 points, but Democratic leaders are now reportedly urging his team to reallocate resources to boost both his campaign and the candidates running in swing districts.
“We’re still acting like this is a one-party state, which for pretty much 20, 25 years it has been,” Democratic Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine told Politico. “I truly believe we’re a battleground state now.”
“It’s never been more important for a Democratic House member to focus on building their own local brand and to run on that,” a high-level New York Democrat told Politico anonymously. “Biden isn’t going to be handing out coattails no matter what. He’s only got anchors.”
Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler and Rep. Joe Morelle backed the idea of replacing Biden during a Sunday conference call with other House Democrats.
A tight race in New York would take time and money away from being spent in the nation’s six battleground states, Politico reported.
“The money that needs to be spent here will be subtracted from other areas he’s going to lose,” former Democratic Gov. David Paterson of New York told Politico.
Republicans managed to flip four congressional seats in New York in 2022, and Republican gubernatorial challenger Lee Zeldin lost by less than 6% compared to the double digit losses Republicans experienced in previous cycles.
“If I’m a Democrat in some of these suburban races, I’d run the hell away from Joe Biden,” Laura Curran, former Nassau County executive, told Politico.
Trump’s nationwide lead over Biden increased to six points among likely voters after the CNN debate, according to The New York Times/Siena poll, marking his largest lead in the poll since 2015.
Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas was the first Congressional Democrat to publicly urge Biden to drop out. Several other Democratic members have also backed replacing Biden as their candidate ahead of the election.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, however, have publicly come out in support of Biden’s candidacy.
Biden’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
*** Trump’s nationwide lead over Biden increased to six points among likely voters after the CNN debate, according to The New York Times/Siena poll, marking his largest lead in the poll since 2015.***
Which will disappear once the mail out, then drop off ballots are tallied.
There really are a lot of Dems in NY who would vote for Joe no matter how baked his brains appears to be, SAD!
Steve Sailer at Unz uses a hundred or so words to say what should be evident to anyone with a pulse - even if some other Democrat has a greater chance of winning 2024, it matters not at all to Biden, because the most important thing to Joe’s personal interest is that if anyone wins, that man is him. So long as he’s within striking distance, and he is - he’s staying in. He won’t quit and they can’t make him.
In general, leaders don’t quit unless they’re forcibly removed. Democrats simply lack the force to take Joe out of the race.
But Dr. Jill doesn’t want Joe to quit, Hunter doesn’t want Joe to quit, and Joe doesn’t want Joe to quit. Against the combined might of Dr. Jill, Hunter, and Joe, we are stumped.]
Polls are designed to sell more advertising and polls, period. If it’s not a horse race the money dries up. Will it be closer, yes, but NY EV’s will not go to Trump, no matter how hard he tries. It will however help down ballot results.
The vote fraud machine that they built in NY over the last several years has just been switch to the max position. Understand that this system has full government participation including at the highest state level. The voter registration software has been written to accommodate all the votes that may be needed.
There is no rule or law for them to use, except the 25th and that ain't happening..................
There really are a lot of Dems in NY who would vote for Joe no matter how baked his brains appears to be, SAD!
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That’s true. but they’re like that in every state.
Hitler could run against Trump and they’d vote for Hitler.
Trump had to spend a lot of time there while the “trial” was ongoing.
An unthinkable outcome has a remote shot this election.
We win a deep blue state yet lose one of the fraud riddled swing states.
I can only imagine the pretzel logic that they would employ in what would be the biggest neon fraud sign to date.
What this does is it forces Dems to use finances to keep a state they normally would have to spend much money in. So the have less to spend in normal battleground states............
Well, why would a Black person stand in line to cast a vote for a senile old white guy that has done NOTHING to make their lives better???
They don’t worry. The Dems will just double down on Trump Two Minute Hate
they’re Rageaholics needing a daily fix
That’s an excellent point.
You do a great job bringing interesting material to the site.
Thank you and keep up the good work!
Hillary: "Hello, suicide hotline? I have several orders I would like to place."
I honestly had no idea Paterson was still alive. Where are they keeping that old kook hidden?
Because at least Biden won't put all of us back in chains!
An assisted living facility?......................
Like California, it is a one-party, leftist-woke state, with a bloated woke government in thrall to NY City leftists.
NY is a lot like the former East Germany in many ways. It won’t change without an economic collapse or political revolution. Republicans win many local elections on election night, only to find they lost after all the absentee and mail-in votes arrive.
NY City doesn’t even count all its votes - since Covid in “uncompetitive” races, it merely counts “most” and extrapolates the results.
Thank you.
I tries.................
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