The 19th Amendment is Cuomo's Favorite Amendment

With less than a week till November 4^th’s Election Day, it’s pretty much a sure thing that Andrew Cuomo will remain the governor of New York State. According to the latest Siena College Poll, Cuomo leads his Republican opponent Rob Astorino by 21 points so he is set out to win by a very large margin once again.

 

Hypothetically this race is actually much closer than it seems. For instance, if we still lived in a day and age where women were unable to vote Rob Astorino would actually be leading by a slim margin. The same Siena College Poll showed Astorino leading Cuomo 43% to 41% over registered male voters.

 

So what does all of this hypothetical hoopla mean in actuality? Since Governor Cuomo is trailing in the polls by 2 points amongst male voters, and still is leading in the overall polls by a substantial 21 points, it means that he is leading the women vote by an astonishing 40 points. So much of the governor’s success this election can be credited to the 42-point gender gap between himself and Mr. Astorino.

 

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The 42-point gender gap between the two candidates doesn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone because the Cuomo campaign has been centered on women’s equality, and specifically his Women’s Equality Agenda. In correspondence with his effort to push for women’s equality he also has spent a considerable portion of his campaign attacking Astorino’s beliefs on many social issues that are important to the women electorate, like abortion, gun control, and marriage equality.