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Michael Blake: “If enough people don't rank Andrew, it doesn't matter if…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Michael Blake Discusses Mayoral Campaign and Challenges Against Andrew Cuomo

Published | Video Starts at 19:22

The Only thing that's going to be announced on primary night, our first choice ballots, the whole tabulation won't happen. And so when we think about this, If enough people don't rank Andrew, it doesn't matter if he's at 30 or 35% of first choices. you're going to need second, third and fourth to get across the finish line. And so when you have enough energy out here of people saying, you know what, I'm not ranking this man, he can't get to 50%. (19:22–19:32)

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Asserts that Andrew Cuomo needs more than 30-35% of first-choice votes to win.

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