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There are a number of metrics you could use to answer the question, how blue is New

York State?

By blue, I mean likely to vote for a Democrat, and the answer to how blue is very.

There are twice as many registered Democrats as there are Republicans here.

A Republican is not one statewide office in two decades, and Joe Biden won New York

by 23 points.

Which is why it's so strange that last week, as Democrats all across the country looked

at midterm results and heaved a sigh of relief, Democrats in New York cringed after suffering

embarrassing losses.

And so we're looking at New York as this sort of this curious singular case, and we're

left to wonder, well, okay, why was there a red wave that started on Long Island and

seemingly crested somewhere around upstate New York?

And why didn't it happen anywhere else?

Jimmy Vielkind is a reporter at the Wall Street Journal.

He says the last few days have involved a lot of finger pointing among local politicos.

But before we get into all that, let's just talk about the numbers.

At the moment, New York's got 19 Democratic Congress people.

Next year, it is set to have 15.

One of the most breathtaking losses for New York Dems was in the 17th District.

That's where Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney ran.

Maloney also happens to be the chair of the D-Triple C, the committee whose whole job it

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