I know this may seem like a bit of a pointless poll to mull over, but Joe Biden's success in Upstate New York in particular is striking. I'm not entirely sure about this, but I have read somewhere that if Upstate New York was a state, it would have gone for Trump by a very narrow margin, along the lines of his victory in Pennsylvania or Michigan. But in this poll he is up 10 points over Trump 50%-40%. At this point in 2016, Hillary Clinton was only leading Upstate New York 44%-40%.
"Upstate New York" could have gone either to Trump or to Clinton depending on the definition you use. I tend to consider Upstate everything that is not NYC or Long Island, and by my definition Clinton won it. I know many people exclude Rockland and Westchester counties from Upstate, and by that definition Trump won it. I don't know what definition Siena College uses.
By the way, I saw that in the poll Joe Biden is severely underperforming in NYC.
