“...upstate is suffering...”
At least consider voting for Trump in the primary. He is pro fracking and manufacturing. Cruz is clueless as to how to help upstate New York State bring back its jobs.
My son in law and daughter from Otsego county will vote Trump for this reason, meaning I have ‘skin in the game” to venture this suggestion. It is painful to see the abject poverty that abounds in rural Otsego county and the welfare state that has ruined upstate towns and turned them into Section 8 housing warehouses.
The conditions are dirt poor appalachia in some areas. (Not my daughter and son personally; she is a nurse and they have a small organic milk diary farm so they get by but their friends and relatives are struggling and desperate for JOBS) People WANT to work and I truly believe that Trump is the one to actually reinstate favorable trade and manufacturing regulations to Make America Great Again!
I’m surprised at how many Hispanics have been trafficked to the Hudson Valley (to keep the lights on, classrooms & housing full, etc.); years ago it was noticeable...