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Democrats outnumber Republicans by a roughly two-to-one margin in blue-leaning New York State, but a new poll indicates Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman has cut his deficit to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to single digits with just six weeks to go until Election Day.
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Blakeman → outnumber → Day
Hochul, who is running for a second full four-year term steering the nation's fourth most populous state, stands at 50% support among likely voters in New York, with Blakeman at 41%, according to a Siena College poll conducted Sept. 11-17 and released on Wednesday.
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Blakeman → run → Wednesday
Blakeman, the Nassau County executive on New York's Long Island, trailed Hochul by 10 points in Siena's August survey.
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Blakeman → trail → survey
The one-point movement by Blakeman, who is aiming to become the first Republican in nearly a quarter century to win an election for governor in New York, is within the survey's margin of error.
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who → aim → error
"With six weeks until election day, voters offer good news to both Hochul and Blakeman.
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voters → offer → Hochul
She now has the support of 50% of voters and saw her favorability and job approval ratings edge into positive territory.
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ratings → have → territory
He now trails by single digits – well, nine points – in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than two-to-one," Siena pollster Steven Greenberg said.
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Greenberg → trail → one
Greenberg noted that at this point four years ago, Hochul held a 17-point lead over then-Rep. Lee Zeldin, the GOP nominee.
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Hochul → note → Zeldin
But Zeldin closed the gap and ended up losing to Hochul by only six points in the 2022 election.
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Zeldin → close → election
"Currently, Blakeman is doing a better job with Republicans, leading 88-8%, than Hochul is with Democrats, leading 81-11%," Greenberg added.
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Greenberg → do → %
The GOP nominee is also edging Hochul 44%-39% among independent voters.
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nominee → edge → voters
"All polls continue to show Kathy Hochul's downward spiral and me closing the gap as New Yorkers learn more about my plan to cut income taxes by historic margins and slash electric bills in half," Blakeman argued in a statement after the release of the Siena poll.
But the new poll indicates that two-thirds of New York State voters, including 37% of Republicans, think Hochul will win re-election.
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Hochul → continue → election
Blakeman is a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, who in February endorsed his bid for governor.
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who → endorse → governor
But Trump's support may be doing Blakeman no favors, with half of likely voters, including a quarter of Republicans, saying it's a negative for the GOP nominee's campaign.
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it → do → campaign
Hochul was endorsed earlier this year by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the first socialist mayor of the nation's most populous city, reciprocating her backing during his own historic mayoral run last year.
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Hochul → endorse → run
By a 50%-30% margin, voters said Mamdani's support for Hochul is a plus for the governor's bid for re-election.
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support → say → election
Then-Lt. Gov. Hochul was sworn in as New York’s first female governor in August 2021 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in the middle of his third term, resigned amid multiple scandals.
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Cuomo → swear → scandals
Hochul has seen her political standing rise over the past year and a half as she's increased her resistance to Trump's unprecedented second-term agenda.
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she → see → agenda
Fox News reached out to the Hochul campaign for reaction to the Siena poll but didn't receive a response at the time this story was published.
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story → reach → time
The poll, which was conducted by telephone and text-to-web collection, surveyed 1,144 likely voters in New York, with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points for core questions.
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