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Renew Deal

(81,846 posts)
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:16 AM Mar 2016

Who do you think will win each party's primary in NY?

For the Democrats, we are a party of contradictions. On the one hand, a Howard Dean endorsement is enough to win a primary for Bill De Blasio. On the other, Cuomo beat Teachout easily. Sanders is more credible and organized than Teachout. Are there enough Sanders votes in NYC? Is there any reason to believe that Sanders can beat Hillary in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx?

Republicans in NY are either paleocons or chamber of commerce types. I can't imagine someone like Cruz winning in NY. Rubio seems like a better fit, but he's a loser. Would NY actually vote for a Trump? I know he's from here, but would working class republicans upstate and on Long Island vote for Trump? It's possible considering how terrifying Cruz is to all NYers.

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Who do you think will win each party's primary in NY? (Original Post) Renew Deal Mar 2016 OP
In live in NYC and in my opinion.. SummerSnow Mar 2016 #1
Whoever gets the most votes. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #2
Trump has a lot of advantages in NY. Renew Deal Apr 2016 #3
It comes down, in many respects, to the power of the Catholic right in NY GOP politics Ken Burch Apr 2016 #4

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
1. In live in NYC and in my opinion..
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:28 PM
Mar 2016

Staten Island will vote Republican as always. That's Trump land.Brooklyn will be half Hilary and half Bernie and most Democratic. Bernie will get the Jewish vote. Hilary will get the Latino vote. The African American vote will go to half Hilary and Bernie.Hilary will get Westchester county.Bernie will get Long Island and some will go to Donald.Upstate NY is a toss up.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
2. Whoever gets the most votes.
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 11:07 PM
Apr 2016

And you can QUOTE me on that!

Seriously, I think Trump is probably still a lock on the GOP side. Losing there would pretty much end it for him, destroying even the possibility of a third-party campaign in the fall(he might end up having to stump for a Palin/Nugent "Reale 'Murican Party" ticket).

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
4. It comes down, in many respects, to the power of the Catholic right in NY GOP politics
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:43 PM
Apr 2016

(the religious right in NY state, I think, is much more old-time Catholics than it is evangelicals).

Cruz could play up Trump's disrespectful comments about the Pope, and ask them if they really want to give their votes to a guy who's been divorced twice And those folks are probably just as "WTF?" (for different reasons, obviously)about Trump's abortion weirdness as we are.

Does Kasich have any drawing power in the Empire State? You'd think some of the oldtime blueblood money would go his way there, since he's the closest thing to a Bush still in the race.

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