New poll shows drastic rightward shift for notoriously blue state

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New poll shows drastic rightward shift for notoriously blue state

Surprising new data has revealed that New York isn’t leaning as politically “blue” as usual.

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by the political analysis firm GrayHouse shows that President Donald Trump, a Republican, has a higher approval rating than New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who assumed office in 2021.

The poll revealed that 36% of participants approve of Gov. Hochul’s performance, while 55% disapprove. In contrast, 43% of participants approve of President Trump’s performance, and 56% disapprove.

Additionally, 49% of participants found Gov. Hochul’s political views to be “too extreme” for the state, although the poll results did not refer to any of the governor’s specific stances.

The poll of 826 registered New York voters was held in late April, as President Trump approached the 100th day of his second term.

The data hints at a trend of New York voters leaning more purple than expected in the recent past. While Kamala Harris won New York in the 2024 presidential election, President Trump earned

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of the state’s vote, up from

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Hochul, who is the first woman governor of New York, is running for reelection in 2026.

The state’s last Republican governor, George E. Pataki, was in office from 1995 to 2006; prior to that, Republican Malcolm Wilson served as New York’s governor from 1973 to 1974, taking over the role when Gov. Nelson Rockefeller resigned.

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