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NYC voters gave Hochul more love than Mamdani at the polls: stats

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Fitz-Gibbon, J., & Golden, V. (2026, November 5). NYC voters gave Hochul more love than Mamdani at the polls: stats. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/05/us-news/nyc-voters-gave-hochul-more-love-than-zo-at-the-polls-stats/

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New York City voters supported Governor Kathy Hochul with over 1.5 million votes in her re-election bid, surpassing Mayor Zohran Mamdani's initial victory vote count of around 1.1 million from the previous year. Hochul secured more than 76% of the city’s vote share compared to Republican Bruce Blakeman’s 23.7%. Statewide, Hochul garnered nearly 3.5 million votes or about 60%, while Blakeman received almost 2.4 million votes or approximately 40%.

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Kathy Hochul won re-election as governor of New York on November 3, 2026, defeating Republican Bruce Blakeman. According to the Associated Press projection and New York Post statistics, Hochul received over 1.5 million votes from New York City alone, more than the 1.1 million cast for Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his election victory last year. Statewide, Hochul garnered nearly 3.5 million votes, or approximately 60% of the total vote count, compared to Blakeman's almost 2.4 million votes (about 40%). During her campaign, Hochul emphasized addressing residents' cost-of-living concerns and increasing childcare access without raising income taxes.

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Big Apple voters turned out for Gov. Kathy Hochul on Election Day — with more New Yorkers casting ballots for the lefty governor than for Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year.

left describes Hochul as 'lefty' and implies voter preference
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, celebrated Tuesday’s election victory in Manhattan.

left identifies Mamdani's political ideology

Reading Leans left (beta estimate) Confidence high

Leaning: leans left for article 132551 (high confidence, 2 verified quotes) · logged 2026-11-05

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“Article A describes Trump's rally urging voters to support Blakeman against Hochul, while Article B reports on the election results in New York City showing Hochul winning with a significant majority of votes.”

Democrat Hochul wins New York governor race, AP projects Same event

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⚖️ Leans left Hedges 1 of 25 claims Outlet record 66/100

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“The articles describe different aspects of the election results in New York City and state, not a single specific incident.”

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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

54 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 Big Apple voters turned out for Gov. Kathy Hochul on Election Day — with more New Yorkers casting ballots for the lefty governor than for Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year.

2026-11-05 · assertive framing · NYC voters gave Hochul more love than Mamdani at the polls: stats

🔮 “Lexie could have just said, ‘Not my dress,’ and set it aside,” Webber-Brown said.

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🔮 Suarez’s dad eventually caught up with the mom, and around 8 p.m., phoned their daughter — a graduate of Brooklyn College Kingborough Community College and a native of El Salvador, according to her LinkedIn — to talk about where they could meet up, sources said.

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🔮 Bruce Blakeman slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul as lefty Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “puppet” during a GOP campaign rally at an upstate shopping center Sunday, calling out the governor over the state’s soft-on-immigration sanctuary policy.

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Blakeman slams ‘Mamdani’s puppet’ Hochul over NY immigration policy, crime

🔮 But the attorney general came under fire after it was revealed that she had posted comments on social media expressing sympathy for the alleged victim before the appointment – suggesting she may not be impartial and prompting President Trump and others to call for her to recuse herself.

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🔮 “Anyone seeking public office is expected to demonstrate sound judgment, self-control, and the ability to handle confrontation without resorting to physical aggression.

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🔮 “After this year we will have spent $10 billion on illegal migrants who just claim asylum.

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🔮 “For the first time… those victims will have a direct line to the attorney general,” Komatireddy said — as she unveiled her plan to establish a “Victims Advisory Council” within the AG’s Office if she unseats James on November 3.

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🔮 Dawood Faisal, 22, who was already behind bars on manslaughter charges in the May 25 death of Cara Trager on Union Parkway, was indicted on separate raps for allegedly vandalizing Bagels & Co., a Jewish-owned shop that displayed Israeli flags and banners, the Queens District Attorney’s Office said.

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🔮 Now, community leaders maintain they’re fed up, and said Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani haven’t done enough to clean up their neighborhood after years of complaints.

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Vaughn Golden

44 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 Big Apple voters turned out for Gov. Kathy Hochul on Election Day — with more New Yorkers casting ballots for the lefty governor than for Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year.

2026-11-05 · assertive framing · NYC voters gave Hochul more love than Mamdani at the polls: stats

🔮 The initiative will also include a science-technology-engineering and math, or STEM, career-readiness curriculum focused on data science, healthcare, software development and advanced manufacturing.

2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Kalshi is pumping millions into NY public schools while state regulators launch legal battle

🔮 The mailer may also violate limits on how much local candidates can spend supporting candidates on the federal level.

2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Long Island GOP candidate alleges opponent violated campaign matching funds rules

🔮 I will share funding away from government to faith-based organizations, who work in the community, who live in the community.”

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · Blakeman snags endorsement of clergy, ex-Democratic pol in last-minute campaign push

🔮 AI chatbots will be banned from feigning human emotions in conversations with kids, under a new law signed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Hochul signs sweeping restrictions on AI, pushes back on ‘big tech’ with new laws

🔮 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman warned New York voters that congestion pricing could come to a “community near you” if Gov. Kathy Hochul wins reelection Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, vowed to kill the program outright if he beats the Democratic incumbent in the Nov. 3 election as he claimed Hochul could have a menu of new taxes she could unleash if she secures another term. “Doesn’t matter whether it’s New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Binghamton or any town in between,” Blakeman claimed while speaking on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan Tuesday.

2026-10-27 · assertive framing · Blakeman warns congestion pricing is headed ‘to a community near you’ if Hochul wins

🔮 Hotel bills were for her entire team, and may have included multiple stays for multiple nights.

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🔮 Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani will finally hit the campaign trail with Gov. Kathy Hochul — with less than two weeks before Election Day, the incumbent Democrat announced Thursday.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Mamdani to finally campaign with NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as she seeks re-election

🔮 Kassay, who is seeking a second two-year term to the Assembly’s third district in Suffolk, is facing Republican Will Sussman in the Nov. 3 election.

2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Long Island nonprofit hosts fundraiser for NY Democrat in apparent violation of laws

🔮 New York state’s rosy mid-2026 economic picture could come crashing down if a potential AI-fueled market bubble bursts, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Budget Director Blake Washington warned recently.

2026-10-20 · mixed framing · Hochul admin warns AI bubble burst could leave NY’s coffers dry

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2026-11-03 · New York Post

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2026-11-02 · New York Post

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2026-11-02 · New York Post

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2026-10-29 · New York Post

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All 44 articles by Vaughn Golden →

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Big Apple voters turned out for Gov. Kathy Hochul on Election Day — with more New Yorkers casting ballots for the lefty governor than for Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year. asserted

Yorkers → turn → Mamdani

Post-election statistics show that Hochul cruised to re-election with more than 1.5 million votes in the five boroughs on Tuesday, topping the 1.1 million who showed up at the polls last year to send Mamdani to Gracie Mansion. asserted

who → show → Mansion

Hochul cruised to victory with more than 76% of the vote, beating GOP nominee Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive who got 468,543 Big Apple votes, or 23.7%, according to unofficial Board of Election tallies. uncertain

who → cruise → tallies

Meanwhile, Mamdani, a former state Assemblyman, won his first mayoral run with 50.8% of the 2025 vote in New York City, albeit with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a career Democrat who ran as an independent, siphoning away votes, the stats show. asserted

stats → win → votes

Mamdani, a democratic socialist, celebrated Tuesday’s election victory in Manhattan. asserted

Mamdani → celebrate → Manhattan

Statewide, Hochul received 3.5 million votes, or nearly 60%, while Blakeman had almost 2.4 million votes, for just over 40% of the ballots. asserted

Blakeman → receive → ballots

Blakeman, a close ally of President Trump, drew within 6 percentage points of Hochul in September, but the gap widened in the end in the largely Democratic state. asserted

gap → draw → state

Blakeman hammered away at Hochul during the campaign, lumping the governor and Mamdani as the cause of New York State woes like crime, high prices and bloated utility costs. asserted

Blakeman → hammer → crime

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