Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin has been fighting an uphill battle in deep-blue New York in his attempt to beat incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul, but a poll released Friday found that Zelding has stunningly taken a slim lead in the tight race.
With just weeks left before election day, the independent co/efficient survey found Zeldin with a 45.6% to 45.3% percent lead over Hochul, with the remainder still undecided.
It is the first poll of the current election cycle to show Zeldin with a lead over the incumbent Democrat, who he has consistently hammered over New York’s bail reform laws and general lackadaisical attitude towards violent crime.
Importantly, the same group released a poll in September showing Hochul leading Zeldin by 6 points, so its finding of Zeldin with a lead is particularly significant.
Crucially, the poll found Zeldin with a commanding lead among independents, 59% to 28%.
“The race has been tightening over the last few weeks and it appears that it is now a dead heat. The shift has been led by predominantly white and Hispanic registered Democrats defecting to support Zeldin, the Republican candidate,” co/efficient pollster Ryan Munce said.
“With a little under three weeks to go, we still expect to see measurable movement in the statewide electorate and if the trend continues, New York could have its first Republican governor since 2006.”
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Lee Zeldin למעלה למעלה
hochul למטה למטה
This is the way we want it:- Keep going Lee, and push hochul & latitia james out of a job, which is exactly what they deserve & actually a lot lot lot worse
Curious to figure out the ratio of additional percentage points a republican in new York needs to cancel out the inevitable democrat cheating, let alone the corruption that the formidable hochul machine represents
if you live in NYS your capacity to live as an open Jew is at stake, let alone you ability to raise your kids with a Jewish Education.
Get out and vote!
Not such a stunner. As it gets closer to the election the polls start being a little more real, since they don’t want to be totally irrelevant…
To jpa
First you have to register to vote. To many people not only aren’t registered, but many have the attitude that my vote won’t make a difference. Every bais medrish, kollel and shul should be holding voter registration drives.
If you don’t vote what does this matter?
Us frumme have a real chance to make the dif. Bloomberg won by 50,000 votes
We can deliver 50, 000 votes if we all get out and vote.. start building momentum…
He could keep that lead till they’re neck and neck with 95 percent counted and 50 thousand ballots are dumped into the mix from the Bronx or someplace
In light of this development Hochul came out with a new ad in which she claims to be actually doing the things that Zeldin’s campaign has been targeting her over, crime, public safety and bail reform. In the new ad she claims that she actually reformed the new bail laws, while she refused to do any such thing, and that she is “working’ to ensure New Yorkers feel safe. Because ads work, even those that are lies, she may very well turn things around for herself.
What’s stunning is, that someone that’s not a complete moron can actually have chance in NY.