NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that Democrats lost significant ground to Republicans in New York in last week’s election because they “stopped talking about working-class people issues.”
The Democratic mayor told ABC’s “The View” that his party should “get back to the message” if they want to curb the city and state’s rightward shift. “What are we doing for everyday people in the country?” he said.
Vice President Kamala Harris won New York by 12 points—significantly less than President Joe Biden’s 23-point margin in the state in 2020. Election results have shown a similar pivot to the right among voters across much of the country in the 2024 Election, but the gains in traditionally deep-blue New York are notable.
“What you saw in this city in this election, where you saw a shift and the city and the state becoming redder—it’s because we stopped taking about working-class people issues,” Adams said. “With mom-and-pops afraid – ‘I can’t pay my college tuition, the rent is too damn high, health care is too expensive’ – we stopped talking to everyday New Yorkers and Americans.”