Is New York (of All Places) About to Go Red?

<p>As Democratic Party leaders assessed their vulnerabilities in this year’s midterm elections, the one state they did not worry about was New York. That — it turns out — was a mistake.</p><p>Despite being a blue state through and through, and a place President Donald J. Trump lost by 23 points two years ago, the red tide of this moment is lapping at New York’s shores.</p><p>Why is New York up for grabs?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-fandos?smid=pc-thedaily">Nicholas Fandos</a>, a Metro reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Ahead of the midterms, New York has emerged from a haywire redistricting cycle as perhaps the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/nyregion/house-elections-new-york.html"> most consequential congressional battleground in the country</a>.</li><li>Republicans are<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/us/politics/blue-states-midterm-landscape.html"> pressing their advantage deep into Democratic territory</a> in the closing stretch of the 2022 campaign, competing for an abundance of House seats.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>