Analysis: The season of polls By Robert J. McCarthy News Political Reporter Oct 16, 2022 Oct 16, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over the next 3½ weeks, New York State voters will hear lots about the “horse race.”kAm%92E’D E96 5:D>:DD:G6 E6C> 4C:E:4D @7 E96 AC6DD 4@CC64E=J 2DD:8? E@ >65:2 4@?DF>65 3J H9@’D =625:?8 :? E96 72C EFC? @C =@D:?8 5@H? E96 DEC6E49] x? E96 A286D @7 %96 qF772=@ }6HD[ H6 ECJ E@ EC2?D46?5 E92E <:?5 @7 4@G6C286 2?5 4@?46?EC2E6 @? :>A@CE2?E :DDF6D]k^AmkAmqFE E96J 5@?’E 42== E96D6 6=64E:@?D “C246D” 7@C ?@E9:?8] “(9@’D 8@??2 H:?n” C6>2:?D E96 3:8 BF6DE:@? @? E96 42>A2:8? EC2:=] xE 92D :ED A=246 :? 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