1928 Presidential Election in New York:
Hoover: 2,193,344 (49.8%)
Smith: 2,089,863 (47.4%)
2014 New York Governor:
Cuomo: 2,069,480 (54.2%)
Astorino: 1,536,879 (40.2%)
New York had a population of about 12 million at the time. It has more than 19 million now.
tbf progressives weren't going to turn out in big numbers because he's cuomo, and conservatives didn't turn out for the same reason
Plenty of conservatives hated and still do hate Cuomo also because they saw him as a gun grabber. It's miraculous that he still managed to win while being hated by both the left and the right.
