Recent polling data have shown that Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo has a 51% to 31% lead over his Republican opponent Rob Astorino. The gender gap was one of the main reasons why Cuomo has a huge lead. Andrew Cuomo has a lead of 57 percent to 25 percent among women voters in New York State. When it comes to males, Cuomo has a 44 percent to 39 percent lead. Democrats usually get more of the women vote than Republicans but Andrew Cuomo has pushed to make the gender gap even bigger. Cuomo alongside with former rep. Kathy Hochul created the Women's Equality Party which puts Andrew Cuomo's name on another ballot line for the November 4th election. This is what you call fusion voting. This increases the number of votes that he can get as people aligned with the Women's Equality Act will vote for him as well as people that are aligned with the Democratic party will vote for him.
He named the party after his Women Equality Act, an act that enforces more action against sexual harassment, domestic violence, and improves abortion rights in New York State. Being apart of the Women's Equality Party only furthered the gender gap as his Republican opponent, Rob Astorino opposes abortion rights.
Other than gender gap there are several factors that are limiting the competition between Rob Astorino and Andrew Cuomo. Democrats have a 2-to-1 enrollment advantage over Republicans in New York. Also, among independents Cuomo leads Astorino 43 percent to 33 percent.
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