(WBEN) - A week before election day, new polling numbers show Governor Kathy Hochul has widened her lead over Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in the New York Gubernatorial race.
Hochul leads the Republican challenger Blakeman to 54-40%, up from 50-41% in September, according to a new Siena Poll of likely voters released Wednesday.
“Hochul has a 14-point lead, with Blakeman quickly running out of time to close a gap that is growing rather than narrowing,” Siena pollster Steven Greenberg said.
“For Republicans to win statewide, they must win convincingly upstate and in the downstate suburbs to offset the Democratic tsunami that is New York City, and they must win independents by a significant margin to offset Democrats’ two-to-one enrollment advantage. But with only a week to go, Blakeman and Hochul are running virtually evenly upstate and in the downstate suburbs, while Hochul has an 11-point lead with independents."
For the first time, a majority of voters, 51%, views Hochul favorably.
“We’ve often noted that never once in her five years as governor has Hochul’s favorable rating hit 50% in a state where 48% of voters are her fellow Democrats. We will note that no longer as 51% of likely voters now view Hochul favorably, and 51% approve of the job she’s doing as governor,” Greenberg said.
