‘For the first time since Ronald Reagan, New York is possibly in play for the presidential race and will certainly determine the House Majority,’ upstate NY Rep. Elise Stefanik told The Post on Saturday.
By By Rich Calder and Jon Levine | The NewYork Post
Republicans are heading to the polls in New York and nationwide to vote early in record numbers, but party honchos say there’s no time for slacking with the White House and control of the House of Representatives on the line.“For the first time, since President Reagan, New York is possibly in play for the presidential race and will certainly determine the House Majority,” upstate New York Rep. Elise Stefanik told The Post Saturday.“Republicans across New York and the country are voting early in historic numbers, but we must not get complacent and must keep up the momentum and continue working to turn voters out,” added the House Republican conference chairperson.
New Yorkers voting early in the Bronx on Nov. 1, 2024. Photo by DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images
People lined up on the sidewalk for early voting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Oct. 26, 2024./ Robert Miller Through Thursday, 1,964,393 votes were cast in the Empire State– including 701,402 in NYC, according to the state Board of Elections.This puts the state on pace to exceed early-voting totals during the last presidential election, when 2,507,345 New Yorkers voted early over nine days.
New York state is on pace to surpass the early-voting total in the 2020 election, according to the state Board of Elections. / Paul Martinka
People voting early in York College in Queens on Oct. 26, 2024.Brigitte Stelzer
A line of people waiting to vote early at Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side on Oct. 26, 2024.Robert MillerIn the state’s battleground congressional districts, many more Republicans are voting early than in 2022, when the GOP flipped four New York seats on its way to score a slim 220-212 seat edge in the House, according to data provided to The Post by New York Republicans Saturday.Early voting results as of Thursday show state Dems “led by Kathy Hochul are in total free fall,” and “no amount of spin can hide that,” said Alex DeGrasse, executive director of Stefanik’s campaign.
“I’m calling on all Republicans to ensure their family, friends, and neighbors get out to vote early in person or on Election Day.” ##
People voting early in York College in Queens on Oct. 26, 2024.Brigitte Stelzer