A new poll found former President Trump is actually positioned to make the deep blue state of New York — which has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate in 40 years — competitive in the November presidential election.
An Emerson College Polling/The Hill/PIX11 survey released Thursday showed President Biden’s lead in a two-way matchup has shrunk to only seven percentage points, 48-41. With third-party candidates including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West, and Jill Stein on the ballot, Biden’s lead shrank to six points: 44-38. Forty-eight percent of the voters surveyed were registered Democrats; 23% Republican, and 29% independents. Forty-six percent of voters surveyed came from New York City.
“Independent voters in New York who traditionally vote for Democrats, according to exit polling, have flipped to lean toward Trump by a margin of ten points, 43% to 33%,”…
