Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s still-early run for governor, and that of his newcomer ticket mates — Joseph Hernandez for state comptroller and Saritha Komatireddy for attorney general — carries a national partisan burden not of his making.

Even against Gov. Kathy Hochul, the Democratic incumbent who looked quite vulnerable in 2022, Blakeman and company don't seem, at this moment, to have the cards as his ally President Donald Trump might say.

The problem stems from deepening party polarization.

Only Democrats now govern from Albany. This tilted playing field isn’t news. Nor is it unique across America, for either side of the aisle.

When one party holds the governorship as well as control of both legislative chambers, it's known as a trifecta. Currently there are 23 Republican state trifectas, 16 Democratic state trifectas, and 11 divided governments where neither party has all three domains.

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