The deep blue state of New York could be in play for former president Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election.
Democrats sounded the alarm after polling indicating that Trump may be able to flip the state, according to Poltico.
New York is where Trump spent the majority of his adult life and, more recently, the location of the sham how trial against him.
Politico reported:
Elected officials, union leaders and political consultants are panicking over polls showing a steady erosion of Biden’s support in a state he won by 23 points four years ago.
They’re so worried they’ve been trying to convince the Biden team to pour resources into New York to shore up his campaign and boost Democrats running in a half-dozen swing districts that could determine control of the House.
Biden aides have not focused on New York, committing no significant resources to a state where they expect the president to easily win all 28 electoral college votes in November.
But the warning signs are impossible to ignore and have been building over the past year. Two private polls conducted in a swing New York House district and reviewed by POLITICO — one in September and another in March — found former President Donald Trump leading Biden there by 1 point, a virtual tie.
And public polls over the last four months found Biden’s lead had winnowed to just 8 points across New York — an unusually narrow gap in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1.
“We’re still acting like this is a one-party state, which for pretty much 20, 25 years it has been,” Democratic Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said. “I truly believe we’re a battleground state now.
During the 2022 mid-term elections, Republicans managed to flip an impressive four seats across the state.
However, one of those seats has since been won back by Democrats since the expulsion of Rep. George Santos from Congress.
In the New York governor’s race, incumbent Kathy Hochul only scored a five point victory over Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, who won roughly 2.7 million votes.
It is also worth noting Trump’s recent rally in New York, which not only saw massive turnouts but also the endorsement from lifelong Democrat Rubén Díaz Sr., who represented New York’s 18th District as a councilmember from 2018 through 2021 and the 32nd District in the New York Senate from 2003 to 2017.
“I want to join you in having the Bronx great again,” Díaz told Trump in Crotona Park.
“Please accept this democrat, this black Puerto Rican with a kinky hair and a broken English. Please accept my endorsement for you as president.”
The reports show that Democrats are worried about Trump’s prospects of returning to the White House and the threat of blue states turning red.
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