Harris' polling in NYC is lowest in decades for Democratic nominee: NYT poll

A New York Times/Siena College poll has Vice-President Harris polling astatine nan lowest numbers for a Democratic statesmanlike nominee successful decades.

It comes conscionable hours earlier erstwhile president Donald Trump is scheduled to clasp a historical rally astatine Madison Square Garden wherever he is expected to re-iterate that he is making a long-shot play for nan state’s 28 electoral assemblage votes. 

The caller poll, released Saturday morning, shows Harris starring Trump by 66% to 27% among registered voters, still a important lead but a awesome diminution judging by President Biden’s 76% to 23% triumph complete Trump successful nan heavy bluish metropolis successful 2020.

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Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters successful Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

If it held, it would correspond nan worst showing for a Democratic statesmanlike campaigner successful nan metropolis since 1988, according to The New York Times. 

The apical 3 issues affecting registered voters successful nan canvass are nan economy, followed by migration and abortion. 

The metropolis has battled respective crises complete nan past fewer years and is still reeling from nan effects of its COVID-19 era lockdowns. 

New York City has nan highest median monthly rent for one-bedrooms retired of 100 cities, according to rental marketplace level Zumper. 

The metropolis continues to location tens of thousands of migrants pinch spending connected nan situation expected to transcend $5 billion, and Mayor Eric Adams has antecedently said costs could balloon to complete $10 cardinal by nan extremity of adjacent fiscal year.

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Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Adams’ management is besides successful situation mode aft he was indicted past period connected bribery and corruption charges while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul performed weakly successful nan 2022 governor’s race, winning by only 6 points.

Former President Trump will clasp a rally successful New York City connected Sunday arsenic he looks to make important gains successful nan Big Apple.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In nan midterm elections, Democratic candidates for nan House won nan state’s celebrated ballot by only 9 percent points connected average, per nan Times, compared pinch Biden’s astir 23-point triumph successful 2020. Biden took New York authorities by 60.87% to Trump’s garnering 37.74%, a 1% summation for nan erstwhile president compared to 2016. 

The Democrats’ struggle for House power successful nan midterms arguably ran done New York, pinch nan statement losing 4 seats, including respective successful Democratic-leaning districts.

Trump has made nationalist gains among Black, Hispanic and younger voters, and he is seeking to pat into this demographic pinch his rally connected Sunday. 

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Migrants scope for nutrient extracurricular nan Roosevelt Hotel successful Manhattan. Immigration is simply a apical rumor among New York City voters. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

He besides visited a Bronx barbershop earlier this week and successful May held a rally successful nan borough excessively which had a licence allowance of 3,500 people. The New York Post reported nan Bronx rally drew up to 10,000 supporters. 

The canvass was conducted from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23 pinch pollsters speaking pinch 853 voters successful New York City. Overall, much than 98 percent of respondents were contacted connected a cellphone and nan canvass has a separator of correction of 3.9%

A national New York Times/Siena College canvass has nan 2 candidates deadlocked astatine 48% each.