Zeldin Closing in on Hochul in NY Gubernatorial Race; Poll Shows Incumbent with Only 4% Lead
Edited by: TJVNews.com
As the New York gubernatorial race heats up and with only two short months until the November elections, it was recently reported by the New York Post that Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of Long Island is closing in on incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul , according to a poll released on Saturday.
At this juncture in the hotly contested race for the state’s highest office, the survey conducted by the independent Trafalgar Group indicated that Hochul has only a four point advantage over Zeldin which marks a significant narrowing in a race that has seen Hochul with a lead of up to 24 points, as was reported by the Post.
The Trafalgar poll which was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday on last week spoke to 1,091 New Yorkers who are likely to cast their votes in the general election in early November. The results of the poll indicated that Hochul has 47.8% of the vote, with Zeldin at her heels at 43.4% of the votes, the Post reported.
If things don’t change all that much from now until election day, the chances of Zeldin clinching the election are significantly increasing.
The Post also reported that an additional 2.7% of respondents said they support Libertarian Larry Sharpe, with 6.7% undecided.
Things have changed a great deal since the last poll of New York voters was taken on August 23rd. That poll, which was conducted by SurveyUSA on behalf of WNYT-TV in Albany showed that the current governor of the Empire State has 55% of the support from voters, which the challenger Zeldin has 31% of the backing of voters, the Post reported. 14% of voters polled were undecided on who they will pull the lever for on election day,
Taking to social media to disseminate the results of the polling. Rep. Zeldin posted on Twitter and Facebook, “People are fed up with Hochul’s feckless leadership.”
“ This poll underscores our unprecedented momentum. I know the… numbers are surprising,” Trafalgar Group pollster Robert Cahaly tweeted Saturday, according to the Post report.
“But we at Trafalgar Group have seen a big shift in favor of non incumbents since Biden announced his #studentloanforgiveness package,” Cahaly continued, according to the Post. “No other issue this cycle has enraged middle and working class voters more than this.”