… A Quinnipiac poll of New York’s upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary has Gov. Andrew Cuomo leading Cynthia Nixon 59% to 23%. …
Cuomo’s large lead is emblematic of two important trends in the Democratic Party.
The first, and perhaps most obvious, is that progressives look likely to fail in their biggest 2018 tests in the two biggest blue states. Besides Cuomo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California looks to be on her way to victory against Kevin de Leon. …
The second trend is that Cuomo’s lead is indicative of is the continually poor showing by progressive insurgents among black voters. Cuomo is leading across pretty much all demographic groups, but he’s particularly strong among African-Americans. Although no crosstab of black voters was available in the Quinnipiac poll, an earlier Siena College poll put Cuomo’s margin over Nixon among black voters at 74% to 17%. CONT.
Harry Enten, CNN