Republicans are heading to polling places in New York and across the country to cast record numbers of early votes, but party leaders say they have no time to slow down with control of the White House and House of Representatives at stake. It claims that there is no.
“For the first time since President Reagan, New York state could participate in a presidential election and will certainly determine the House majority,” Elise Stefanik, an upstate New York congresswoman, told the Post on Saturday.
“While Republicans in New York and across the country are voting early in historic numbers, we cannot be complacent and must continue our efforts to maintain momentum and turn out voters,” said the House Republican Conference Chairman. It must be done,” he added.
“I am calling on all Republicans to have their families, friends, and neighbors vote early, either in person or on Election Day.”
By Thursday, 1,964,393 votes had been cast in the Empire State, including 701,402 in New York City, according to the state Board of Elections.
This puts the state on pace to exceed the early voting total for the last presidential election, when 2,507,345 New Yorkers cast early votes in nine days.
In the state’s battleground congressional districts, Republicans flipped four New York seats en route to a narrow 220-212 House margin in 2022, according to data provided to the Post by New News. Far more Republicans are voting early. York Republican Saturday.
Early voting results as of Thursday showed the state Democratic Party, led by Kathy Hochul, is in “complete free fall,” and “no amount of spin can hide that,” Stefanik’s campaign said. said Executive Director Alex DeGrasse.
“New York Republicans are voting early in record numbers, significantly exceeding their 2022 vote share in all seats, in some cases by 50%,” he said. “Long Island looks great, and so does the Hudson Valley and upstate.”
As of Thursday, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 9.24 percentage points in Suffolk County’s 1st Congressional District, where Republican incumbent Nick Larota is expected to defeat Democrat John Avron. There is.
In six other battleground districts in the state, including two other seats on Long Island, Democrats held leads over Republicans ranging from 3.04% to 16.35%.
“Republicans need to make sure that every voter who cares about the direction this country is headed under the failed leadership of Democrats in Washington and Albany goes to the polls, and in close races like mine where Republicans are in the lead.” We need Congress to help us get it across the finish line,” said Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a Long Island Republican.
Unlike the 2020 election, when Republican Donald Trump told his supporters he didn’t trust the early voting process and lost the presidency to Joe Biden, this time the former president is giving it his all. They are appealing to Republicans to vote early and support Biden’s return. White House.
As of Saturday, more than 73 million Americans had already voted, including in-person and mail-in voting, according to data collected by the University of Florida Election Research Institute.
In the 26 states that provided party registration records (not including New York), 38.2% of early votes were cast by Democrats, 36% by Republicans, and 25.8% by independents and members of other parties.
Early turnout helped Republicans break early voting records in battleground states like Georgia and North Carolina.
