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🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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0:00.0 | I. This is Sid and Friends in the Morning. |
0:03.8 | Friends, how many of us happen? |
0:07.4 | 77 W.A.B.C. |
0:10.0 | Sid, here's what this poll in the mayor's race says to me. |
0:13.8 | The news that got the most attention was that Andrew Cuomo appears to be leading in the polling. |
0:19.5 | A couple of things about this. |
0:20.6 | One, he was leading with 32% in the polling. A couple of things about this. |
0:24.9 | One, he was leading with 32% of the vote. |
0:31.3 | He also, though, has the highest negatives out of any of the other Democrats in the field. Now, why is that important? |
0:33.2 | Because in a ranked choice voting election, the people that don't like Cuomo, which is almost |
0:40.1 | 70% of those polled, they are not going to rank Cuomo, first, second, third, fourth, or fifth. |
0:47.2 | So even though Cuomo finished first in this poll, don't be fooled. This is not a good news poll for Cuomo because unless he's |
0:58.3 | over 50%, he might as well be zero. Because with ranked choice voting, if they're not for |
1:06.1 | Stringer, they're for Lander, if they're not for Lander, they're for Adams, if they're not for |
1:10.4 | Adams, if they're not for Adams, they're for Ramos, you get it. They're not going to be ranking Cuomo at all. So the fact |
1:16.6 | that his negatives are so high is something to be on the lookout for. Come on, man. |
1:21.9 | And with the local DBC News, and Uncle Jay with a triumphant comeback for us so long. But tonight, don't call it a comeback for us a little bit of come back |
1:30.1 | don't call it a comeback |
1:31.8 | I've been here |
1:32.8 | I'm calling it a comeback |
1:34.2 | Curtis Slewa running for mayor |
1:36.5 | it is a comeback |
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