Cuomo v. Teachout

[cinyc]

Manhattan is voting Cuomo/Wu so far with 15% in.

[Panda Express]

In the 12 counties where Teachout is in the lead/has won, she got a grand total of 6,096 votes - nearly half of that from Albany. Basically, very low turnout places, no GOTV.

She's leading in 12 counties?? Gonna be so drunk.

[Eraserhead]

Everything seems to be tightening up again.

[ag]

In the 12 counties where Teachout is in the lead/has won, she got a grand total of 6,096 votes - nearly half of that from Albany. Basically, very low turnout places, no GOTV.

She's leading in 12 counties?? Gonna be so drunk.

More by now. Make sure you drink responsibly

[ag]

Manhattan is voting Cuomo/Wu so far with 15% in.

They are the only ones to have read politics forums diligently enough to know

[bedstuy]

Why is Teachout doing so much better upstate?  I don't understand it.  Perhaps, it's just how racial and transactional NYC politics tends to be.  If Teachout had unions to do GOTV and some black and Hispanic support, this might be interesting.  Or maybe upstate is boring enough that people have time to read the paper and find out how terrible Cuomo is.

those counties may lack a functioning Dem machine so only nerds who cared showed up to vote.  the numbers are very low.

That's true for some places.  But, then there's Albany.  I'll bet that people there actually follow state politics the most because that's the only thing going on in Albany.  So, they know how terrible Cuomo is. 

People in NYC are too busy taking disco naps and going to Chelsea Piers to notice Andrew Cuomo acting like a svelte Chris Christie.

[Eraserhead]

How epic will the margin in Tompkins be?

[ag]

Called.

[Eraserhead]

CUOMO UNDER 60% AGAIN

[Eraserhead]

Teachout is getting destroyed in The Bronx. Clearly, blacks and hispanics backed Cuomo by huge margins.

My esteemed colleague Lief is right. Teachout should have picked a black guy as her running mate.  

[Lief 🗽]

Yup, a black guy with a vaguely Irish-ish name would have been perfect for Teachout. Damn.

[Flake]

I think Howie Hawkins should concentrate his efforts on the counties that Teachout won.

[solarstorm]

Yup, a black guy with a vaguely Irish-ish name would have been perfect for Teachout. Damn.

I see what you did there.

[Panda Express]

Yup, a black guy with a vaguely Irish-ish name would have been perfect for Teachout. Damn.

Yep. Should have gone with Patrick McSnoop Dogg.

[Lief 🗽]

Teachout crushing it in Tompkins!

[Lief 🗽]

I'd love to be a fly on the fall at Cuomo HQ right now. He must be furious.

[Eraserhead]

Cuomo 2016 is officially dead after this (whether Clinton runs or not). That's a big plus in my book.

[Linus Van Pelt]

The geographical divide in upstate New York is there even if you leave out the cities where one would expect a GOTV machine. And it's not really the traditional Western New York vs. the rest distinction. There is some loose correlation with the 2012 presidential swing.

[Eraserhead]

He's under 60% again. If he's under 60% in the final count, I'll be very pleased.

[ag]

The geographical divide in upstate New York is there even if you leave out the cities where one would expect a GOTV machine. And it's not really the traditional Western New York vs. the rest distinction. There is some loose correlation with the 2012 presidential swing.

True. It seems, Dems in conservative places do not feel like nominating somebody who, at the head of the ticket, would destroy them locally in the general.

[Flake]

I kind of find it funny that he did even worse than Pat Quinn.

[ag]

He's under 60% again. If he's under 60% in the final count, I'll be very pleased.

The Bronx is far behind in counting. So, that should clinch it. Then, again, there is still nothing from Nassau.

[Lief 🗽]

Teachout can't concede to Cuomo because he didn't give her his number. What an asshole.

[Linus Van Pelt]

The geographical divide in upstate New York is there even if you leave out the cities where one would expect a GOTV machine. And it's not really the traditional Western New York vs. the rest distinction. There is some loose correlation with the 2012 presidential swing.

I still see Western NY standing out. Even where Cuomo's winning Upstate counties, he's not winning by much - except west of the Genesee River, where he's well above 60% in most counties.

Yeah, I see what you mean, especially now that more Finger Lakes counties come in.

[bedstuy]

I think this proves that Cuomo deserved a more robust challenge. 

Imagine if someone like Hakeem Jeffries had run against Cuomo.  Cuomo would lose for sure.