Democrats still hold the enrollment edge in the 24th Congressional District, but with a large
number of unaffiliated voters and more registered Conservatives, there is a level playing field for the race between U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D - Syracuse, and Republican challenger John Katko.
Not exact matches
In terms
of registration, Nassau Democrats only slightly outnumber Republicans (by just over 61,000: 397,859 Democrats to 336,289 Republicans) while
unaffiliated independents
number 239,242
voters, almost a full quarter
of Nassau's 1,025,598 registered
voters.
Others are the
numbers of Independence Party and
unaffiliated voters, which he argued are often conservative - leaning
voters.
There is a significant
number of party -
unaffiliated voters to woo as well as moderate Democrats and Republicans, but most
of the votes in play for Dietl or Malliotakis are largely out
of the de Blasio target area to begin with.
«I think most people are fiscally conservative... even many
of our
unaffiliated voters and a
number of our Democrats as well.»