Il programma elettorale di Andrew Cuomo, candidato democratico a governatore di New York e icona liberal in Italia per il sol fatto di essere figlio di Mario Cuomo ed ex marito di Kerry Kennedy, pare copiato dai Tea Party:
"No to raising state taxes. No to borrowing to close historic budget deficits. Yes to capping state spending. Yes to capping local property tax hikes. Yes to freezing the salaries of state workers. Yes to trimming "benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality." Yes to charter schools. Yes to slashing by 20% a state government that has, by Cuomo’s count, 1,000 agencies. Yes to nonpartisan redistricting and full financial disclosure".