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Mo_Diggs's avatar

This is why local reporting is important, as opposed to blindly voting Democrat.

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Secret Squirrel's avatar

I grew up there, it is nice to read such perceptive reporting on a place I know well.

My unscientific impression (confirmed by the tone of your reporting on this race) is that Bowman is doomed. My parents still live in the district and I've been driving around it doing some errands to help them move. You don't see any Bowman lawn or window signs even in the more racially diverse parts of White Plains. I've only seen Bowman signs in the parts of Yonkers adjacent to the Bronx. There are more Latimer lawn signs than I've seen for any previous political campaign in Westchester, and I assume that the lawn signs mostly correspond to Jewish voters who are registered Democrats and will make a point of voting in the primary. When Bowman was running against Engle there weren't nearly as many lawn signs, and even in rich Jewish neighborhoods it was about 50/50 between Bowman and Engel. I know the district includes Wakefield, but I can't imagine that the people down there are as jazzed up as the people further north, who see this primary as a referendum on Israel.

It is sad, meaningless gaffes aside Bowman seems more solid as a politician and a human being than Jones, but I worry Jones is the one with a political future.

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