Cuomo did not win all that big. Very low turnout.

[hrmjustin]

Andrew Cuomo (I) Dem 1,918,644 53.98%
Rob Astorino GOP 1,442,392 40.58%
Howie Hawkins Grn 173,510 4.88%
Michael McDermott Lib 15,582 0.44%
Steven Cohn Oth 4,547 0.13%


The Working Families Party got over 50,000 votes so they maintain their ballot position.


http://www.ny1.com
http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us

[djg21]

1. He won in 15 of the 62 counties.

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http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/governor/new-york/#.VFp1p2K9KK0

While he won in Albany County, he lost the Capitol Region overall.

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3610283.shtml

He won statewide with the lowest number of total votes since FDR in 1930.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/politics/cuomo-wins-with-fewest-votes-since-fdr-20141105

[KMOD]

2. Albany County is always blue

While I'm not surprised he lost Saratoga or Columbia counties, losing Schenectady is a huge shock to me and losing Rensselaer is a little surprising as well.

[djg21]

3. Albany was barely blue!

Cuomo won Albany Co. by a very small margin and Hawkins won a significant portion of the vote.

[KMOD]

4. turnout was very heavy

in the Rebublican districts in the Town of Colonie. I am surprised it was as close as it was, but Tonko and Steck won handily and Breslin ran unopposed.

Only Albany and Manhattan counties voted for Carter's 2nd term and Mondale against Reagan. It's always blue. There wasn't much doubt that Cuomo would win.

But yes, it was closer than it should have been. Low Democratic turnout I suppose.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. He lost Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties, my neck of the woods:

http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/governor/new-york/#.VFxbivnF_fI

[dorkzilla]

6. He's a raging butthole, I voted for Hawkins

I guess that makes me a turncoat or something but environmental issues trump all else. It scares me to think of Governor Astorino but there was never any doubt Cuomo would win and it was important for me to do my part to ensure that the Green Party keeps its place on the ballot. We'll never have a viable 3 party if we keep just blindly voting "D" across the board.

Since my party is moving more and more to the right, I will move out of the party if needs be.

[Alittleliberal]

7. Hawkins was the best canditate in the race

He got my vote as well.