Kamala Harris’ shocking blow in deep blue New York City as she suffers worst Dem results there since 1988
Kamala Harris’ election night flop appears to have affected her even in deep blue districts, including New York City.
Harris has won just 67.8% of the vote in the Big Apple’s five boroughs. While that may seem like a dominating performance, it’s the worst for a Democrat since 1988.
Joe Biden won the city with 76% of the vote in 2020 and Hillary Clinton – who served the New York State in the Senate – won it with 79% in 2016.
Harris’ disappointing numbers in NYC were the worst since Michael Dukakis garnered 66.17% of the vote versus George H.W. Bush’s 32.82%.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, has seen his vote grow from 18% in 2016 to a high watermark of 30% in 2024 and Harris is only winning the state by 12 points, versus 23 points for Biden.
Kamala Harris’ election night flop appears to have even affected her in deep blue districts, including New York City
Harris has won just 67.8% of the vote in the Big Apple’s five boroughs. While that may seem like a dominating performance, it’s the worst for a Democrat since 1988
While Democrats openly mocked Trump for holding a rally at Madison Square Garden nine days before the election, it appears the strategy has been somewhat beneficial for Republicans.
Even Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is only winning by 17 points with 92% of the vote in, a far cry from her 24-point win in 2018.
The five boroughs have all shown a slide from 2020, most notably in the borough of Queens. Harris is winning just 62% of ‘The World’s Borough,’ considered one of the most diverse counties in America. Biden took it with 72% in 2020.
The Bronx (83% for Biden to 73% for Harris), Brooklyn (76% to 72%) and Manhattan (86% to 82%) also saw dips from four years ago.
Meanwhile, in Staten Island, the city’s lone GOP stronghold, Harris is winning just 35% of the vote compared to 41% for Biden.
There appears to have been a drag on candidates in deep blue, next-door New Jersey as well.
Joe Biden won the state by 16 points in 2020 and no Republican has won statewide since 1988.
Democrat Andy Kim has cruised to taking Bob Menendez’s Senate seat by eight points.
While Democrats openly mocked Donald Trump for holding a rally at Madison Square Garden nine days before the election, it appears the strategy has been somewhat beneficial for Republicans
Democrat Andy Kim has cruised to taking Bob Menendez’s New Jersey Senate seat by eight points
However, with 89% of the vote in, Harris is winning the Empire State by just four points, only slightly higher than Governor Phil Murphy’s re-election margin in off-year 2021.
While the state’s House delegation appears set to remain the same – eight Democrats to three Republicans – swing-district hopeful Sue Altman lost handily to Republican Tom Kean Jr.
In the Garden State’s 9th District, which is right next to New York City, Nellie Pou is winning just 51% of the vote with 86% in against Republican challenger Billy Prempeh.
Pou replaced Bill Pascrell, who died earlier this year and had held a seat in Congress since 1996, never winning a re-election bid with less than 55% of the vote and usually taking anywhere from 60-70%.
In Passaic County, Trump is winning.
Passaic, a long-time Democrat stronghold, is only 38% white as of the 2020 Census, with 42% Hispanic/Latino residents.
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, Islam is the second-most popular religion in the county, with over 60,000 congregants.
Notably, Prempeh scored the endorsement of CAIR, The Council on American–Islamic Relations, the only Republican in the state to get the pro-Palestine group’s endorsement over his promise to stand for a ceasefire in Gaza and an arms embargo to Israel.
Voters watch the results of US 2024 presidential election being broadcast on a giant screen in Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan
People attend the New York Young Republican Club watch party
It continues a night of concerning results for Democrats, who have already lost two Senate seats and will struggle to gain back the House of Representatives.
It appears that even keeping these deep blue states, Trump is heavily favored to return to the White House.
Trump picked up support from Hispanics, traditionally Democratic voters, and among lower-income households that have keenly felt the sting of price rises since the last presidential election in 2020, according to exit polls from Edison.
Trump won 45 percent of Hispanic voters nationwide, trailing Harris with 53 percent, but up 13 percentage points from 2020.
Voters whose top issue was the economy voted overwhelmingly for Trump, especially if they felt they were worse off financially than they were four years ago.
About 31 percent of voters said the economy was their top issue.
And 45 percent of voters across the country said their family’s financial situation was worse today than four years ago.
Trump was earning a bigger share of the vote than he did four years ago in nearly every corner of the country, from suburban Georgia to rural Pennsylvania.
By 11pm officials had nearly completed their count of ballots in more than 1,200 counties, about a third of the country, and Trump’s share was up about 2 percentage points compared to 2020.
