Turnout tends to be lower, and holding an election during a February snowstorm doesn't make voting any more attractive.
The fact that the seat in New York’s 3rd Congressional District was scandal-tainted by Santos means the GOP had an extra burden to motivate their voters.
Republicans, meanwhile, tend to show up more on Election Day, and Nassau County Republicans have an unusually good turnout machine.
Not only did Suozzi win the election, but he was winning in the Nassau County part of the district by 6 percentage points with 93% of the vote in.
That margin would mark a massive shift from 2022, when Santos won the county by 10 percentage points over Democratic foe Robert Zimmerman.
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