By: Jared Evan
A recent Siena College poll indicates that a large voting bloc are fed up with Governor Hochul and the Democrat party in general. Will A Republican win in November?
Nearly a quarter of the 13 million voters in the state — almost 3 million, or 23% — are registered as not being affiliated with any political party, according to the NY Post who recently reported on this poll. That’s slightly more than the state’s 2.84 million registered Republicans,
According to the poll, 62% of independents believe that the state is on the wrong track.
The NY Post Pointed out:
Meanwhile, the Democratic-run state Senate was viewed favorably by just 26% of those registered independents surveyed, and the Democrat-controlled Assembly didn’t fare much better, with 34% of polled independents considering it favorably.
“There could be a political earthquake in New York,” veteran political consultant Hank Sheinkopf predicted, when the Post consulted him.
“The Republicans have a path to victory,” he said. “Crime is the most important issue among voters across the state. For independent voters, crime and government performance matters. The question is can Republicans form an alliance and get independents to turn out.”
The current governor, who was never elected, and only ended up in power after former Governor Cuomo resigned after a flood of sexual harassment scandals, nursing home deaths and the book scandal; is polling really poorly, after the Lieutenant governor, a “woke” anti-police Democrat was arrested recently. Brian A. Benjamin, New York’s second in command to Gov. Kathy Hochul, was charged with bribery, fraud and falsification of records. Hochul is incredibly unpopular.
The NY Post reported:
About two-thirds of independents rated her gubernatorial record to date as fair or poor. Hochul took over the state’s top political post in August 2021, after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid a sex-harassment scandal.
On specific issues, 74% of the independents rated Hochul fair or poor on fighting crime, 72% fair or poor on her handling the economy, 73% fair or poor over restoring trust in government, 71% fair on poor for providing leadership, and 61% fair or poor on COVID-19 recovery.
If Hochul is the Democratic Party nominee, 30% of the independents said they would back her, while 48% said they would prefer someone else.
Only 38% of the group looked at Hochul favorably, 37% unfavorably, and the rest undecided.
Hochul, is the heavy favorite to win her primary battle against two major rivals: Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi, running as a centrist candidate, and city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, running on the far-left extremist platform and to the left of the incumbent.
Independents are not allowed to vote in the Democratic or GOP Primary.
“If independent voters were allowed to participate in the Democrat or Republican primaries, Hochul would probably be primaried, I tend to think independents lean to the right, so I would think Souzzi would win, and the GOP race…. to me it’s too early to tell who will win, however I can see the entire race shifting to abortion with the Roe vs Wade developments”, an anonymous political insider told TJV News.
