Actress Cynthia Nixon of Sex and the City to run for NY Governor

[Arson Plus]

Williams was endorsed by the NY Times

[junior chįmp]

Executive Director of NY-Dems:

https://mobile.twitter.com/geoffberman/status/1038842207401402368

[Zaybay]

[snip]

Literally every Democrat north of the Bronx could stay home and the Democratic gubernatorial nominee would still have a 50/50 chance of winning. Put another way, the nominee could lose the same area by 45 points (Clinton won with a plurality) thanks to D-to-R defections and still pull right at 50% of the vote.

That may be true but Cynthia Nixon is farther to the left of Hillary.

We'll see though, we will see.

I have a bad feeling the left is gonna be very upset if Nixon loses on Thursday.

I can’t shake a bad feeling she’s going to win and risk blowing a safe election

.........I really hope you guys are joking about Nixon somehow losing the general, because that is some garbage level analysis, especially considering her base is in the Upstate portion of NY, not the city.

Nixon's base is Upstate?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

yes, it is. You have seen a map of Teachout's election, and the polls of the race, right? Where do you think her base is?

Just LOL.

Alright, where is her base then? If not upstate, then where?

[NewYorkExpress]

The NY State Democratic party is sending mailers out that basically say that Nixon is an anti-semite. Disgusting.

If I wasn't sold on voting for Nixon before, I am now.

That mailer is despicable.

[Kodak]

Neither candidate appeals to a specific geographic base. Cuomo will probably win by comfortably in both NYC and Upstate.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Neither candidate appeals to a specific geographic base. Cuomo will probably win by comfortably in both NYC and Upstate.

The first part of your statement is not true. Nixon is CLEARLY NYC-centric.

The 2nd part of your statement is (most likely) true.

[Zaybay]

Neither candidate appeals to a specific geographic base. Cuomo will probably win by comfortably in both NYC and Upstate.

The first part of your statement is not true. Nixon is CLEARLY NYC-centric.

The 2nd part of your statement is (most likely) true.

I wonder why shes being so NYC-centric. Could it be that the voters in NYC are the ones she needs to win the election, and that Upstate is already safe for her? Could that be it, considering thats how literally every NY election has gone? Nah, her base is clearly no where, and she has no strategy whatsoever.

[Sestak]

Neither candidate appeals to a specific geographic base. Cuomo will probably win by comfortably in both NYC and Upstate.

The first part of your statement is not true. Nixon is CLEARLY NYC-centric.

The 2nd part of your statement is (most likely) true.

I wonder why shes being so NYC-centric. Could it be that the voters in NYC are the ones she needs to win the election, and that Upstate is already safe for her? Could that be it, considering thats how literally every NY election has gone? Nah, her base is clearly no where, and she has no strategy whatsoever.

Though honestly, I think Nixon may be making a mistake if she thinks Upstate is safe for her just because Teachout did well there.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Neither candidate appeals to a specific geographic base. Cuomo will probably win by comfortably in both NYC and Upstate.

The first part of your statement is not true. Nixon is CLEARLY NYC-centric.

The 2nd part of your statement is (most likely) true.

I wonder why shes being so NYC-centric. Could it be that the voters in NYC are the ones she needs to win the election, and that Upstate is already safe for her? Could that be it, considering thats how literally every NY election has gone? Nah, her base is clearly no where, and she has no strategy whatsoever.

Like I said earlier "Just LOL".

Her ads and platform are geared towards NYC. Constantly talking about the NYC subway and her growing up in NYC public schools is supposed to appeal to Upstate voters? Rent control is supposed to appeal to Upstate voters? Please.

I'm a NYC resident and I'm used to gubernatorial candidates focusing on NYC for obvious reasons. However, at least other candidates have proposed issues that also address Upstate (at least somewhat). I'm not even sure that Cynthia knows about the challenges facing Upstate.

[Duke of York]

Neither candidate appeals to a specific geographic base. Cuomo will probably win by comfortably in both NYC and Upstate.

The first part of your statement is not true. Nixon is CLEARLY NYC-centric.

The 2nd part of your statement is (most likely) true.

I wonder why shes being so NYC-centric. Could it be that the voters in NYC are the ones she needs to win the election, and that Upstate is already safe for her? Could that be it, considering thats how literally every NY election has gone? Nah, her base is clearly no where, and she has no strategy whatsoever.

Like I said earlier "Just LOL".

Her ads and platform are geared towards NYC. Constantly talking about the NYC subway and her growing up in NYC public schools is supposed to appeal to Upstate voters? Rent control is supposed to appeal to Upstate voters? Please.

I'm a NYC resident and I'm used to gubernatorial candidates focusing on NYC for obvious reasons. However, at least other candidates have proposed issues that also address Upstate (at least somewhat). I'm not even sure that Cynthia knows about the challenges facing Upstate.

I agree with you but if she gets enough votes in NYC she could win the primary and that's my fear. Cuomo got 82 percent in the Bronx  though in 2014 and equally high margins in the other boroughs save for Manhattan which was the closest. I have a hard time seeing that changing

[Oryxslayer]

I can easily see a Nixon loss of the same percentage as Teachout being Manhattan, Westchester, and a few Deep left upstate hotspots like Ithaca.

[Skye]

Who'd think a Republican could win in NY of all places this year? It would take a Roy Moore-kind of situation make it competitive.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC Cynthia Nixon is Jewish.  Either way, she definitely doesn't support anti-Semitic hate groups like BDS; Nixon has explicitly condemned them even before this incident.

[Arson Plus]

Who'd think a Republican could win in NY of all places this year? It would take a Roy Moore-kind of situation make it competitive.

With Cuomo or Nixon being to replaced by Anthony Weiner and even then Weiner or even Miner could win

[Zaybay]

Neither candidate appeals to a specific geographic base. Cuomo will probably win by comfortably in both NYC and Upstate.

The first part of your statement is not true. Nixon is CLEARLY NYC-centric.

The 2nd part of your statement is (most likely) true.

I wonder why shes being so NYC-centric. Could it be that the voters in NYC are the ones she needs to win the election, and that Upstate is already safe for her? Could that be it, considering thats how literally every NY election has gone? Nah, her base is clearly no where, and she has no strategy whatsoever.

Like I said earlier "Just LOL".

Her ads and platform are geared towards NYC. Constantly talking about the NYC subway and her growing up in NYC public schools is supposed to appeal to Upstate voters? Rent control is supposed to appeal to Upstate voters? Please.

I'm a NYC resident and I'm used to gubernatorial candidates focusing on NYC for obvious reasons. However, at least other candidates have proposed issues that also address Upstate (at least somewhat). I'm not even sure that Cynthia knows about the challenges facing Upstate.

Teachout didnt appeal there either, and she still won them. The reason why is simple, Upstate is anti-Cuomo, and more Left leaning(the Ds anyway) than the city of NYC. The voter coalitions for each candidate are as follows:
Cuomo- Minorities, NYC whites
Nixon- Upstate, NYC whites
The linchpin in each candidate's coalition is the NYC white population, which can give either candidate a victory. In this sense, it makes sense why both Nixon and Cuomo(you never seem to mention how he has neglected Upstate as well) are targeting them.

To give an example, does a Democratic presidential candidate talk about the problems facing California? No, not really. Do they talk about how they will fix OH? All the time. This is the same thing. Cuomo hasnt talked about anything for minority groups because they are already his voters.

As Sestak mentioned, however, its possible that Upstate may be less safe than presumed, but, if Nixon is getting 1/3 of the vote, its likely Upstate will be in her corner.

[Skye]

By the way, there hasn't been any more polling for this race lately, right? If so, a Nixon upset wouldn't exactly be out of the question then, even if I believe it's unlikely ATM.

[new_patomic]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC Cynthia Nixon is Jewish.  Either way, she definitely doesn't support anti-Semitic hate groups like BDS; Nixon has explicitly condemned them even before this incident.

Nixon herself does not personally identify as being jewish, but her children from her first marriage are jewish, and her and her wife attend a LGBT friendly synagogue and are raising their child in the jewish faith.

[IceSpear]

[snip]

Literally every Democrat north of the Bronx could stay home and the Democratic gubernatorial nominee would still have a 50/50 chance of winning. Put another way, the nominee could lose the same area by 45 points (Clinton won with a plurality) thanks to D-to-R defections and still pull right at 50% of the vote.

but FEELINGS tho...

[Duke of York]

By the way, there hasn't been any more polling for this race lately, right? If so, a Nixon upset wouldn't exactly be out of the question then, even if I believe it's unlikely ATM.

I heard there will be a new poll tomorrow for all three statewide primaries

[Pragmatic Conservative]

New Sienna poll ahead of Thursday primaries

https://scri.siena.edu/2018/09/10/cuomo-increases-lead-over-nixon-to-41-points-63-22/

Gov
Cuomo 63%
Nixon 22%

LG
Hochul 43%
Williams 21%

AG
Maloney 25%
James 24%
Teachout 18%
Eve 3%

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Looooooooooooool god this is amazing. Cuomo did everything he could to give it away and he still couldn't come close.

[President Johnson]

Cuomo ahead among all age groups and region, that is great!

So, will Nixon be gracious in defeat and turn down the WFP nomination? I think she might do, but won't endorse Cuomo. She really seems to hate him. I hope Cuomo will be the only progressive on the ticket so that he can cruise to a massive landslide.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Cuomo ahead among all age groups and region, that is great!

So, will Nixon be gracious in defeat and turn down the WFP nomination? I think she might do, but won't endorse Cuomo. She really seems to hate him. I hope Cuomo will be the only progressive on the ticket so that he can cruise to a massive landslide.

Lol @ saying Cuomo is a progressive.

[GM Team Member and Acting PPT WB]

Cuomo ahead among all age groups and region, that is great!

So, will Nixon be gracious in defeat and turn down the WFP nomination? I think she might do, but won't endorse Cuomo. She really seems to hate him. I hope Cuomo will be the only progressive on the ticket so that he can cruise to a massive landslide.

>cuomo
>progressive

pick one

[TheSaint250]

Cuomo ahead among all age groups and region, that is great!

So, will Nixon be gracious in defeat and turn down the WFP nomination? I think she might do, but won't endorse Cuomo. She really seems to hate him. I hope Cuomo will be the only progressive on the ticket so that he can cruise to a massive landslide.

The plan is that she'll turn it down and seek a State House seat iirc.