Lee Zeldin must court Hispanics to try and overcome gender gap vs. Kathy Hochul: expertsBy Carl Campanile and Zach Williams
August 2, 2022
Republican Lee Zeldin will need to close a yawning gender gap with female voters and make inroads among Hispanics for a shot at pulling off an upset against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, political experts said Tuesday.
The Siena College poll released Tuesday shows Hochul with 59% support among women to 33% for Zeldin, the Long Island congressman, while they split the male vote evenly.
That’s a staggering 26 percentage point gap among female voters.
Even Republican Party operatives not affiliated with the Zeldin campaign said it’s a tough hill to climb — but not insurmountable — for the GOP candidate.
The conservative-leaning US Supreme Court did not do Republican candidates in liberal-leaning New York any favors by overturning the federal right to an abortion — turning it into a local campaign issue against Republicans — though the procedure to terminate a pregnancy is still legally protected in the Empire State and unlikely to be changed.
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https://nypost.com/2022/08/02/zeldin-must-target-hispanics-women-to-defeat-hochul-experts/