WI: Trump ran for NY Governor 2014

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Donald Trump was floating the idea of running for Governor of New York State in 2014.

What if he ran and won? How would this effected the 2016 election?
 
he wouldn't have won. Cuomo was polling over 70% against Trump.

But if he did win, he wouldn't have been able to claim the "outsider" mantel like he did in OTL.
 
Oh, god. That sounds like heaven. He'll lose to popular dynast Cuomo, and then Trump, who rails against 'losers,' will have no chance in the primaries, being one himself.
 
I wonder what effect his populist demagogery will hurt the GOP in the 2014 Midterm elections, which were one of the biggest sweeps in history in US Congressional election history. Furthermore, getting utterly clobered in the 2014 New York gubernatorial elections might deter him from running for President in 2016.
 
Trump winning and then fucking up New York so bad people are literally begging him not to run for President would be slightly preferable to our current situation. Slightly!
 
What would are Trump's campaign promises? Banning Muslims coming to the state? Building wall to New Jersey border?
 
Attacking Cuomo for "freeloading off of his father" and railing against "nepotism", I'm guessing.

Maybe calling him out on broken promises to the left, too. It's not like ideology matters so much to Trump, so he could feign outrage anyways.
 
Maybe calling him out on broken promises to the left, too. It's not like ideology matters so much to Trump, so he could feign outrage anyways.

Yeah, that makes sense. For being a "liar".

I'd say he'd have little in the form of ideology, but his birtherism would lead to him having an unshakeable far-right image.
 
"I'm gonna bring jobs back to Upstate New York. Look, Ca-na-da is stealing our jobs, and sending their rapists and criminals down here to get the world's best healthcare. They're a drain on the system. Throw 'em out! These Mapleheads are taking decent American dollars and sending them directly to their capital of Toronto, where they're turned into pesos or francs or whatever the hell it is these people do for money up there. We're gonna build a wall, and the Mapleheads are gonna pay for it!"
 
Yeah, that makes sense. For being a "liar".

I'd say he'd have little in the form of ideology, but his birtherism would lead to him having an unshakeable far-right image.

Well, in Cuomo's case, you don't need quotation marks, he pretty openly reneged on the promises he made to the WFP before the election was even over. Politicians do that sort of thing all the time, but he's especially brazen.
 
Well, in Cuomo's case, you don't need quotation marks, he pretty openly reneged on the promises he made to the WFP before the election was even over. Politicians do that sort of thing all the time, but he's especially brazen.

I agree. Regardless, it would be a landslide victory for Cuomo no matter what Trump does.
 
For comparison, here is the candidate the Republicans ran in 2010, when Cuomo didn't have the incumbency advantage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Paladino

Paladino got 34% of the vote, so that is the baseline for a Trump run.

New York has steadily shifted in a more Democratic direction in my lifetime, though the Republicans still hold the state Senate, largely because the Democrats want them to. I think Trump could get elected if he runs when the Republicans were more competitive, with 1994 running against Andrew Cuomo's father being the most likely year.
 
Because Cuomo wants them to sounds more accurate, but yeah, your assessment sounds right.
 
Meanwhile at the Westchester county executives office in White Plains:
"hello, anyone, I exist, remember?" Rob Astorino - Republican candidate in 2014

also of note, 3 people who where Republican county executives ran and all 3 failed
 
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For comparison, here is the candidate the Republicans ran in 2010, when Cuomo didn't have the incumbency advantage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Paladino

Paladino got 34% of the vote, so that is the baseline for a Trump run.

New York has steadily shifted in a more Democratic direction in my lifetime, though the Republicans still hold the state Senate, largely because the Democrats want them to. I think Trump could get elected if he runs when the Republicans were more competitive, with 1994 running against Andrew Cuomo's father being the most likely year.
Why do they want the GOP to have the senate?
 
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