Cómo se gana en Nueva York

¿Os acordáis de Eliot Spitzer? Parece que dimitió hace un siglo pero sigue siendo el último Gobernador electo de Nueva York. Se llevó el 69% de los votos del estado en 2006. Hoy en la CNN nos ha resumido cómo se ganan unas elecciones en Nueva York. Viene a decir algo parecido a lo que os he contado esta mañana.

(...) “New York state is not just New York City. Here’s the number to focus on: New York City will only about 28 percent of the total vote, come November. About 48 percent will come from upstate, and the remainder from what we call the suburban ring, which is the counties around New York City.

So if a fellow like Carl Paladino, who has the Tea Party anger behind him, is carrying with him a significant margin of victory upstate, that can overcome a deficit in New York City. That is why, when you put it all together, the suburban ring will be the outcome-determinative set of voters.” (...)