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The Brian Lehrer Show

NY's Congressional Swing Seat Results

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

WNYC's Brigid Bergin talks about the results that are known so far in New York's swing Congressional seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, plus reports on how New Yorkers voted on the ballot measures.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Brian there on WNYC to go over some local results again.

0:14.8

We did this at the top of the show, but I know the audience turns over, and a lot of this is being less reported than the national results.

0:24.1

And then we'll talk about it with Bridget Bergen and take some of your calls.

0:30.1

Harris won in New York and New Jersey. No surprise there. But Trump improved his percentages in both

0:35.7

states. According to NBC, Harris only won New Jersey by five points.

0:40.8

And Trump is winning Passaic County at last report, the county that includes Patterson.

0:45.6

And around there, that's a 45% Latino county.

0:49.0

Trump is winning it.

0:50.0

Also a big shift in Hudson County, which includes Union City, which is 80% Latino.

0:55.4

Biden won Union County by 46 points.

0:58.5

Harris by only 28 points.

1:00.8

In New York State statewide, Harris had only an 11-point win yesterday.

1:05.7

Biden won it by twice that much, around 22 points, if you believe the exit polls.

1:11.5

In the boroughs, Harris got around 80% of Manhattan,

1:15.0

70% in Brooklyn and the Bronx, 62% in Queens.

1:19.1

Trump is in the past carried Staten Island by a lot.

1:22.3

Trump won both Long Island counties.

1:24.8

Harris won Westchester.

1:26.6

Trump won Rockland. Proposition one in New York State did win

1:31.8

the equal rights or equal protection amendment. And it looks like Democrats have flipped three

1:37.7

house seats. The House is too close to call. Remember, Republicans won the Senate yesterday.

1:43.8

They flipped that from Democratic control.

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