Empire State Today

New York has not favored a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan's victories in 1980 and 1984, but that trend is likely to change, state Republican Party Chair Ed Cox told Fox News Digital in an interview on Monday.

President Biden’s tenure is increasingly showing parallels to that of then-President Carter, Cox said. He added that while the Empire State is a blue state, it is truly "blue-collar blue, not West-Side-Manhattan blue."

In that regard, Cox noted that while the state has high-profile pockets of progressive strongholds, New Yorkers overall are "pragmatic" and are experiencing déjà vu from the run-up to the last time the state shocked the country on Election Day.