{"id":2292091,"date":"2024-07-10T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-in-deep-blue-state-are-in-panic-mode-were-a-battleground-state-now\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T16:07:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:07:24","slug":"democrats-in-deep-blue-state-are-in-panic-mode-were-a-battleground-state-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-in-deep-blue-state-are-in-panic-mode-were-a-battleground-state-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats in Deep Blue State Are in Panic Mode: &#8216;We&#8217;re a Battleground State Now&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-in-deep-blue-state-are-in-panic-mode-were-a-battleground-state-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2292091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how New\u200c York Democrats are becoming increasingly concerned about the state&#8217;s political landscape after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hannity-asks-trump-if-hes-considering-a-run-for-president-in-2024\/\" title=\"Hannity Asks Trump If He\u2019s Considering A Run For President In 2024\">recent polls show<\/a> former President Donald Trump closing in on President Joe Biden&#8217;s lead. Polls\u2064 in \u200da swing New York House\u2062 district found Trump \u200cleading Biden by one \u200dpoint, while other statewide polls show Biden&#8217;s lead shrinking to eight points. Democratic leaders are now urging \u200dBiden&#8217;s team to reallocate resources to boost his campaign and candidates in swing districts. Some Democratic representatives even discussed the possibility of replacing Biden during a conference call. Republicans have made gains in New York, flipping congressional \u2064seats and coming close in the gubernatorial race. The article highlights the potential impact of a close race in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-health-department-nurse-claims-fourth-graders-experiment-with-anal-sex\/\" title=\"Indiana Health Department Nurse Claims Fourth Graders Experiment with Anal Sex\">traditionally blue state<\/a> on\u2063 resources\u200c needed for battleground states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/%20\"><span>Rebeka Zeljko<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 10, 2024 at 9:38am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>New York Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that their historically deep blue state is now in play after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-gop-sen-david-perdue-in-runoff-battle-with-democrat-jon-ossoff\/\" title=\"Ga. GOP Sen. David Perdue in runoff battle with Democrat Jon Ossoff\">recent polls put<\/a> former President Donald Trump within single digits of President Joe Biden, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Two polls conducted in a swing New York House district in September and March found Trump leading Biden by one point, while other public polling conducted in recent months found Biden\u2019s lead over the former president statewide shrunk to eight points, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/10\/biden-new-york-trouble-00167198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-campaign-scrambles-make-excuse-trump-calls-bluff-golf-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> won the state in the 2020 election by 23 points, but Democratic leaders are now reportedly urging his team to reallocate resources to boost both his campaign and the campaigns of candidates running in swing districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still acting like this is a one-party state, which for pretty much 20, 25 years it has been,\u201d Democratic Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine told Politico. \u201cI truly believe we\u2019re a battleground state now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never been more important for a Democratic House member to focus on building their own local brand and to run on that,\u201d a high-level New York Democrat told Politico anonymously. \u201cBiden isn\u2019t going to be handing out coattails no matter what. He\u2019s only got anchors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic New York Reps. Jerry Nadler and Joe Morelle backed the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-pick-biden-replacement-leaks-democrats-making-big-mistake-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replacing Biden<\/a> during a Sunday conference call with other House Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>A tight race in New York would take time and money away from the nation\u2019s six battleground states, Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe money that needs to be spent here will be subtracted from other areas he\u2019s going to lose,\u201d former New York Democratic Gov. David Paterson told Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2022-election\/results\/new-york\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flip<\/a> four congressional seats in New York in 2022, and Republican gubernatorial challenger Lee Zeldin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2022-election\/results\/new-york\/statewide-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost<\/a> by less than 6 percent compared to the double digit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/election-results\/2018\/new-york\/governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">losses<\/a> Republicans experienced in previous cycles.<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-4\">\u201cIf I\u2019m a Democrat in some of these suburban races, I\u2019d run the hell away from Joe Biden,\u201d Laura Curran, former Nassau County executive, told Politico.<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-4\">Trump\u2019s nationwide lead over Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/us\/politics\/poll-debate-biden-trump.html?campaign_id=60&#038;emc=edit_na_20240703&#038;instance_id=0&#038;nl=breaking-news&#038;ref=cta&#038;regi_id=211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased<\/a> to six points among likely voters after the CNN debate, according to The New York Times\/Siena<span> poll, marking his largest lead in the poll since 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas was the first Congressional Democrat to publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/group-house-democrats-want-unseat-biden-cry-actual-tears-plan-falls-apart-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urge Biden to drop out<\/a>. Several other Democratic members have also backed replacing Biden as their candidate ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4761097-democratic-leaders-biden-discontent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> and New York Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/us\/politics\/biden-governors-presidential-election-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathy Hochul<\/a>, however, have publicly come out in support of Biden\u2019s candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent polls show that former President Donald Trump is gaining ground on President Joe Biden in New York, causing concern among Democrats in the traditionally blue state. Trump is now within single digits of Biden in some polls, leading to calls for reallocating resources to boost Democratic campaigns in swing districts. Some Democratic leaders are even considering replacing Biden as the candidate in order to secure victory in the upcoming election. The tight race in New York could divert time and money away from other battleground states, potentially impacting the outcome of the election. Despite some Democrats urging for Biden to drop out, others like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continue to support his candidacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2317,"featured_media":2292092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-18.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34568,34566,3685,34567,5894],"class_list":["post-2292091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-battleground-state","tag-deep-blue-state","tag-democrats","tag-panic-mode","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-18.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}