That a Republican was routed even upstate is a bitter dose of reality for those insisting Trump could win NY.
Maybe the Republican candidate sucked.
We never win like that in red states.
See my post #10. Solid Dem district. Anyone expecting a different result is on drugs.
Of course Trump isn't going to win NY and only the most delusional think he might, but not all "upstate" districts resemble some bucolic Norman Rockwell painting, you know.
NY-26 is the most Democrat oriented district in the state outside of metro NYC, and consists of the Buffalo ghetto and most of Erie and Niagara counties. Many parts of the area are probably quite nice, but they are vastly outvoted by the undesirables in the city and the worst of the suburbs.
Profle of NY congressional district 26
It still was a rout, and the Republican still lost by more than he should have, but in these special elections Democrats are always more motivated, funded, prepared and organized than Republicans are. The GOP was never going to come within even 10 points in this case, so they surely didn't even bother to try.
However the most "special" election of all takes place in November, and the RNC, NRSC etc. damn well better not let themselves be steamrolled by the Rats' advantages in all of the categories mentioned above or it's going to be one ugly night.
Trump is not going to win NY. I suspect that his statements to the contrary are intended to encourage Biden to spend time and money in NY. Of course, Trump doesn’t need NY. He needs MI or PA. Without winning at least one of those states, he loses. He also needs to win all of the other battleground states, except WI. But he’s comfortably ahead in those other states, at least he is now.