New York is looking red.
Donald Trump improved his performance in nearly every Empire State county during the 2024 presidential election – a dramatic “red shift” of voters toward Republicans. Led by huge gains in New York City, Unofficial vote figures show.
Trump, 78, performed about 22 percentage points better in The Bronx and Queens than in 2020 — a stunning improvement in two of the most diverse places on the planet for a candidate whom his opponents denounced as a paranoid racist. Was.
Democratic strategist Jake Dilemani said the turn of New York voters toward Trump, who performed about 12 percentage points better across the state in Tuesday’s election than in 2020, should be a warning to the left.
“Things like ‘defunding the police’ or over-highlighting certain social issues were alienating voters, some of whom had historically voted Democratic,” he told The Post.
“And so I think this election now, where we’re seeing a decline in support for Democratic candidates among black men and Hispanic men, East Asian voters, I think is the ultimate wake-up call for the Democrats.”
New York City voters still overwhelmingly preferred Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who carried the city 68% to Trump’s 30%, according to results from the city’s Board of Elections.
But voters in all five boroughs, as well as suburban counties on Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley, are still moving toward Trump by leaps and bounds, the vote counts show.
Trump showed double-digit improvements in boroughs including Manhattan and key suburban counties like Nassau and Rockland.
In only two New York counties — Seneca and Yates, both suburban — did voters swing toward Harris, helping her improve on President Biden’s 2020 performance, state elections board results show.
Trump’s strong performance also propelled Republican Representative Mike Lawler to a second term in the race for the 17th Congressional District in the suburbs north of New York City.
The results show Biden carried Rockland County, the heart of the district, with 50% of the vote to Trump’s 48% during 2020.
But early results show Trump flipped the script in a big way this year, with 55% to Harris’s 43%.
lawler achieved an important victory In his battleground race, about 51% of voters voted for Democrat Mondaire Jones’s 44%, according to the BOE.
The red wave behind Trump also swept Long Island, where Nassau County voters elected a Republican presidential candidate for the first time since 1992.
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Results show that in 2020, Biden carried Nassau County by 10 percentage points, 54% to Trump’s 44%.
According to early results, this cycle Trump won Nassau by 51%, while Harris won by 57%.
“Amazingly, President Trump was able to achieve a 100,000-vote swing in Nassau County, increasing from a 70,000-vote swing in 2020 to more than 33,000 votes this past election,” said Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman. “
Nassau GOP officials said Trump’s strong performance helped Republican Michael Norber, a former IDF soldier, unseat two-term Democratic state Assemblywoman Gina Cillitti and bring in Republican congressional candidate Mike LePetri. striking distance The overwhelming favorite is Democratic Representative Tom Suozzi.
Trump’s victories in both Nassau and Suffolk counties disappointed New York State Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs, who said it reflected widespread voter dissatisfaction.
“I think it’s extremely disappointing to me, because I think of people in a more positive way, and it amazes me that there would be so many people who would vote for someone like Donald Trump, someone who Whom he would never have seen the children of, certainly would not put him in charge of any of his businesses, and frankly, would not entrust his money to a trustee,” he said.
“I think when people are hurting financially, they start looking to someone else. And unfortunately, right now, they’re looking at the dark side.”
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