Black voters saved Hochul's governorship, election analysis shows - New York Post

Democrat Kathy Hochul has achromatic voters to convey for redeeming her occupation arsenic politician against hard-charging Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, an predetermination results investigation shows.

While Zeldin’s instrumentality and bid run made inroads with erstwhile blue-leaning Asian, Jewish and Latino voters, achromatic voters were Hochul’s firewall successful southeast Queens, cardinal Brooklyn, Harlem and parts of the Bronx, the investigation found.

Hochul garnered a staggering 90% oregon much votes successful galore of the city’s predominantly Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean districts — the aforesaid moving and mediate people voters who propelled Mayor Eric Adams past year.

“Oh, absolutely. Oh, decidedly the black assemblage elected Kathy Hochul governor,” said state Assemblywoman Inez Dickens. In Dickens’ 70th Assembly District, residents delivered 27,968 votes for Hochul, and conscionable 2,287 for Zeldin.

According to Dickens, Zeldin is excessively intimately associated with erstwhile President Donald Trump for achromatic voters — and isn’t seen arsenic a mean successful the mold of erstwhile three-term GOP Gov. George Pataki. Trump endorsed Zeldin conscionable weeks earlier the Nov. 8 election.

“If Zeldin was a Pataki Republican, helium would person done better,” the Harlem political veteran said. “He was considered a Trumper by achromatic voters. That was a very, precise large portion of it.”

Black voters reportedly were much acquainted with Hochul, arsenic she visited galore achromatic neighborhoods. AFP via Getty Images

Here’s a revealing breakdown of results successful predominantly achromatic districts:

• In Queens Assembly District 29, covering Laurelton, Rosedale, St. Albans, and Springfield Gardens, Hochul racked up 22,280 votes to 2,538 for Zeldin.

• In AD 32 (South Jamaica, Richmond Hill), Hochul got 18,312 votes to 2,176 for Zeldin.

• In AD 33 (Cambria Heights, Hollis, Queens Village, Bellerose) Hochul got 21,773 votes compared with Zeldin’s 3,691.

• In Brooklyn’s AD 56 successful Bedford-Stuyvesant, voters showered Hochul with 25,289 votes to 1,590 for Zeldin.

• In AD 55 covering Ocean Hill/Brownsville, Hochul racked up 15,774 votes compared with 1,044 for Zeldin.

• In AD 57 successful Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and Crown Heights, residents delivered 34,642 votes for Hochul and 2,940 for Zeldin.

• In AD 60 successful East NY/Starrett City, Hochul got 17,588 votes compared with 1,774 for Zeldin.

Zeldin carried immoderate districts with ample Orthodox Jewish and Asian populations.Ron Adar / M10s / SplashNews.com

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said similar different New Yorkers, achromatic voters are acrophobic astir transgression — but focusing connected locking radical up is perceived arsenic “fear mongering” and “dog whistling” without discussions astir opportunities and younker programs to discourage law-breaking.

“You tin person justness and information astatine the aforesaid time,” Richards said. “We can’t constabulary and incarcerate retired of crime. There’s a question of entree to bully jobs, lodging and education.”

“Zeldin’s run reminded achromatic voters of Trump,” helium added.

Both Richards and Dickens pointed retired Hochul is well-known successful their communities, having visited regularly for years erstwhile she was lieutenant politician nether ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned past twelvemonth amid intersexual harassment and misconduct accusations.

“Gov. Hochul doesn’t request a GPS to cognize wherever southbound Queens is. She’s been a  consistent presence and attentive,” Richards said.

In Pataki’s view, it’s a cruel irony the enactment of emancipation that freed achromatic radical from slavery is present rejected by achromatic voters, He saud winning a statewide contention volition stay retired of scope unless Republicans marque astatine least some inroads with achromatic voters.

“We person to bash acold amended outreach,” Pataki said. “We person to marque the lawsuit connected the streets successful the African-American (communities) each time — not conscionable during an predetermination — that our policies are amended for them,” Pataki said.

Lee Zeldin was viewed arsenic a “Trumper” by galore achromatic voters. John Lamparski/Sipa USA

Blacks are disproportionately victims of transgression truthful the GOP propulsion to toughen the cashless bail instrumentality should resonate arsenic good arsenic the party’s enactment for charter schools arsenic an alternate to failing nationalist schools, Pataki said.

Zeldin, conscionable earlier and aft the election, told The Post he’s arrogant of making inroads into number communities, but said becoming much competitory with achromatic voters successful a “longer word issue” the GOP has to address.

“We were witnessing immoderate shifting trends amongst immoderate of the number communities, truthful it’s imaginable that 2 years oregon 4 years down the road, immoderate of these groups mightiness beryllium leaning much to the right, particularly if one-party regularisation up successful Albany continues to alienate these voters,” Zeldin said. “If the issues that we’re talking astir during this run lone go adjacent much prevalent and much desperately successful request of action, that conscionable further pushes much votes distant from the Democrats.”

“So I would question to physique upon the fig that we got, conscionable implicit 30,” helium said. “But portion of that has to bash with nonstop outreach and narration building. I would ever promote an earlier commencement to beryllium capable to physique those relationships. And 1 of the different large factors is that determination are surely immoderate trends that we witnessed, wherever immoderate groups whitethorn conscionable people beryllium voting much Republican successful the aboriginal if they proceed to get pushed successful that absorption by definite antiauthoritarian policies.”

Hochul carried New York City with 70% of the ballot to 30% for Zeldin, a borderline helium couldn’t flooded contempt winning astir each different counties successful the state, including his location turf of Long Island.

Zeldin did transportation immoderate metropolis Assembly districts with ample Orthodox Jewish and Asian populations, and fared amended successful heavy Hispanic districts.

The Long Island congressman won blimpish Staten Island 2-1, and carried six Assembly districts successful confederate Brooklyn and 4 successful Queens — including Assemblyman Ron Kim’s 40th AD successful the bosom of heavy Asian-populated Flushing.