Donald Trump’s greatest support in New York City comes from the boroughs of Staten Island and Queens.
a saturday New York Times/Siena College poll It doesn’t necessarily yield good results for the former president ahead of his Madison Square Garden rally, but it does reveal that Vice President Kamala Harris is falling behind Joe Biden’s 2020 performance.
Overall, Harris is ahead of Trump 66 to 27 percent among likely voters in New York City.
But that’s 11 points behind President Biden, who won 76 percent of the vote in New York compared to Trump’s 23 percent in the last presidential election.
Vice President Kamala Harris is 11 points behind where President Joe Biden finished in the 2020 presidential election in New York City, according to a new poll
When the results are broken down by district, Trump was ahead in one of the five: Staten Island. Forty-nine percent of registered voters in the right-wing district support Trump compared to 39 percent for Harris.
Meanwhile, Harris’s strongest support among likely voters is in Manhattan, where 77 percent of voters say they intend to vote for the Democratic candidate.
Among likely Big Apple voters, 7 percent said they are undecided.
The results were released Saturday, the day before Trump came to town for a massive rally at Manhattan’s famed Madison Square Garden.
While New York is a solidly blue state, the city remains Trump’s original hometown and where the billionaire started his business empire several decades ago.
“New York is the media capital of the world,” Trump campaign senior adviser Tim Murtaugh told DailyMail.com in describing the former president’s choice of location.
He added: “There will be more television cameras at this rally, probably than at any rally to date, and it will be broadcast directly to all the disputed states.”
Murtaugh explained that the MSG rally will be like Trump’s political return to the Empire State, where his family is from and his businessman personality was born.
Donald Trump has almost no chance of winning in New York, but he will hold a rally in Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, just nine days before the 2024 election.
A host of guests and speakers are expected to grace the stage or appear around MSG Stadium on Sunday.
This includes members of the Republican congressional leadership such as Scalise, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik.
Billionaire Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, UFC CEO Dana White, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani and the singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood will appear on stage.
So will Trump’s two oldest sons, Don Jr. and Eric.