His unpopularity in Upstate NY is a big red flag. Upstate is basically a miniature Midwest.
Isn't he... fairly popular upstate? I mean NYC is still his stronghold but that's the idea behind him vs de Blasio, right? That Cuomo wins upstate voters and de Blasio relies on his super progressive NYC base
And unpopularity is all relative btw -- he's at 60% approval which blows away almost every other big-name governor in the country.
Define "big-name governor." Most normal people only know their own governor, LOL. There are several other that I'd say rather politically aware people would know (Jerry Brown, John Kasich, Charlier Baker) that are at least as popular.