"Hillary Clinton is going to have a hard time, frankly, connecting with upstate voters."

The reason is that upstate voters could weigh in on the No side.

It couldn't be that he is reluctant to ruffle upstate and suburban voters by standing up for his city in Albany.

Mr. Madison said he had heard two key objections among upstate voters.

Mr. Giuliani, though, had the support of only about 50 percent of upstate voters.

For Mayor Giuliani, however, the Clinton name may not scare enough of his upstate voters to the polls.

He dropped the scene at the urging of some Republicans who said that it was hurting him among upstate voters.

The Governor-elect delivered a thank-you to the upstate voters that supported him.

Ms. O'Donnell's campaign is counting on heavy support from upstate voters and women.

She also did well with segments of the population that often vote for Republican candidates: upstate voters and Catholics.