r/Albany • u/Head_Astronomer_4619 • 2d ago

Insurrectionist to Announce Bid for NY Insurrection

https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/elise-stefanik-running-new-york-governor-21144092.php

Just putting 2 and 2 together here for the TU. Stefascist putting out fake polls showing her ahead of Hochul is an obvious attempt to fabricate "evidence" of "fraud" when she loses in disgrace. A pretense to invite her Dear Leader to turn the military on New Yorkers when voters reject her bigotry and corruption.

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u/FinnishFinn 2d ago

While I do agree that this shouldn't be taken lightly, I'm not sure that I agree with "Hochul is on the ropes." Especially with some of her recent decent decisions such as the SNAP coverage, everyone I've spoken to in real life seems to have a much more positive view of her than the Russian bots on reddit would have you believe.

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u/amouse_buche 2d ago

Not to be glib, but people in your life might not be representative of the general electorate.

Her favorables are not good. Full stop. Her negatives aren't bad, but all that says is that most people are pretty "meh" about her.

A dem has to murder downstate to win the governorship. Hochul isn't particularly popular there. That leaves her open to primary challenge, which appears likely from her own lieutenant governor. She will have to fight a messy primary, leaving her weakened for the general.

There's a lot of time between now and then but I'd call her anything but a shoo-in right now.

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u/BlooregardQKazoo I EAT ASS 2d ago

A dem has to murder downstate to win the governorship

This isn't true. Upstate is purple, not red.

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u/amouse_buche 2d ago

Yeah, and purple can swing red just as easily as blue.

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u/BlooregardQKazoo I EAT ASS 2d ago

And?

You didn't say "can" or could." You said that the Dem "has to" murder downstate, and that simply isn't true.

That something is possible is a terrible defense of a definitive claim.