A new poll found former President Trump is actually positioned to make the deep blue state of New York — which has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate in 40 years — competitive in the November presidential election.
An Emerson College Polling/The Hill/PIX11 survey released Thursday showed President Biden’s lead in a two-way matchup has shrunk to only seven percentage points, 48–41. With third-party candidates including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West, and Jill Stein on the ballot, Biden’s lead shrank to six points: 44–38. Forty-eight percent of the voters surveyed were registered Democrats; 23% Republican, and 29% independents. Forty-six percent of voters surveyed came from New York City.
“Independent voters in New York who traditionally vote for Democrats, ac …