Democrat Panic Sinks in, as New York Is ‘a Battleground State Now’Nick Gilbertson 10 Jul 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s plan to expand the universe of swing states is paying off. Left-wing panic is reportedly sinking in over New York’s increasingly competitive status, with one local Democrat official saying it has morphed into a “battleground state.”
Politico reported on the development in the long-blue Empire State on Wednesday in the wake of President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Trump on June 27:
Elected officials, union leaders and political consultants are panicking over polls showing a steady erosion of Biden’s support in a state he won by 23 points four years ago. They’re so worried they’ve been trying to convince the Biden team to pour resources into New York to shore up his campaign and boost Democrats running in a half-dozen swing districts that could determine control of the House.
Worry is so fervent that Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (D) is warning that the state, which voted Democrat in each of the last nine presidential elections, is now in “battleground” status.
“We’re still acting like this is a one-party state, which for pretty much 20, 25 years it has been,” he told Politico. “I truly believe we’re a battleground state now.”
Indeed, Trump has shown he is moving within striking distance of Biden in New York in two of the latest polls out of the state, which reveal a vastly different landscape than the 23-point margin Biden carried the state by in 2020.
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