Voters Fleeing Democrats, Cuomo's Trump Card? Newsom vs. Kamala

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the Wednesday 3 Martini Lunch as they discuss a big shift in voters from the Democrats to Republicans over the past five years, Andrew Cuomo expecting President Trump to help his campaign for mayor of New York City, and California Democrats preferring Gavin Newsom over Kamala Harris if they both run for president in 2028.

First, they dig into a New York Times study reported on by Townhall showing Democrats have lost more than two million voters since 2020 and Republicans have gained 2.4 million. Part of that may reflect the huge dissatisfaction with the Biden years but they also point out that people are just sick of the Democrats trying to dictate every detail of their lives.

Next, they scratch their heads at a Politico report saying that Andrew Cuomo is expecting President Trump to help him become mayor of New York City. At a fundraiser in the Hamptons, Cuomo reportedly said he expects Trump and other Republican leaders to urge GOP voters to back Cuomo because Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa cannot win. Jim and Greg doubt Trump has any interest in helping Cuomo and they don't think Sliwa voters would abandon their candidate to help resuscitate the political career of a "slimeball" like Cuomo.

Finally, they react to a poll of California Democrats preferring Gov. Gavin Newsom as the party's 2028 presidential nominee by six points over former Vice President Kamala Harris. Neither Jim not Greg would be surprised to see Harris pass on the 2028 campaign, and they also discuss whether Newsom's constant public opposition to the Trump agenda is putting him in good position to win the nomination or whether his baggage as governor will derail his White House ambitions.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.0	So glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:16.7	Grab a bar stool.
0:17.6	We've got a lot to talk about today, both in terms of elections this year,
0:27.2	future elections potentially, and just once again, the floundering state of the Democratic Party.
0:31.5	We had all good martinis yesterday, Jim, and we actually do have a good one today. It was a little bit tougher of a surge, but we'll be talking about how the Democrats have not done well in retaining
0:36.7	or recruiting voters over the last five years or so.
0:40.3	We'll also be taking a look at the political fortunes of one Andrew Cuomo.
0:44.7	And the political figure he's hoping will rescue him in his bid to become New York City mayor.
0:50.2	Probably not who you would have suspected at the beginning of this campaign.
0:53.4	And we'll be taking a look at the maybe future political prospects of Kamala Harris,
0:58.0	but it's not looking good even in her home state.
1:01.0	So Jim, a lot of political fodder, and we're now less than three months
1:06.0	from Election Day 2025 already. It's crazy.
1:09.0	I can't wait.
1:15.5	The prospects for the Virginia Republicans is not looking great right now.
1:19.8	Still time to turn it around, but my colleague, Audrey Falberg, did some good reporting.
1:21.7	And I don't know it's going to shock you, Greg.
1:24.2	Virginia Republicans don't all get along.
1:29.0	And as we all know, nothing helps a party more than infighting.
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