[genefromjersey]

Upstate NY has been in dire economic straits for about 20 years,and it is doubtful Hillary Clinton ( assuming she actually cared-which I doubt )would be able to do much to change that picture.

What little improvement there has been has come from big business/small business cooperation-for example, in Watkins Glen.

Government, a long time ago, decided political power could best be maintained by stroking the egos ( and pocketbooks )of big city residents. To finance this, State, County, and Local governments taxed business to the point where they shut down or re-located.

I used to visit the Finger Lakes region of NY ( where Mz Cohen is located ), but found the deterioration too disheartening to put up with.

Hillary Clinton will probably find plenty of votes there, but that's about it.

[Clemenza]

Upstate New York has been literally taxed to death by downstate for some time. I don't see a turnaround without secession from lower New York. The state government is run for the benefit of NYC and Lawn Guyland, with the latter getting a lot of pork during liberal Republican administrations.

Let's not forget to include Lawn Guyland when we attack what is (politically) wrong with New York. They always elected corrupt RINOs when I was a kid (remember Tom Gulotta?). In 2000, Nassau and Suffolk counties voted for GORE (although homeboy Loozio did win these counties). New Yorkers get the politicians they deserve.