lˈɪuː wʌz ɪnˈɪʃəli səpˈoːɹɾᵻd baɪ ðə wˈɜːkɪŋ fˈæmɪliz pˈɑːɹɾi, baɪ ðə kwˈiːnz kˈaʊnti dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk pˈɑːɹɾi ænd baɪ sˈɛvɹəl jˈuːniənz, bˌʌt ðiːz ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃənz lˈɑːɹdʒli dɹˈɑːpt ðɛɹ səpˈoːɹt ʌv lˈɪuː wɛn dʒˈɛf klˈaɪn, lˈiːdɚɹ ʌvðɪ ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk kˈɑːnfɹəns, ɐnˈaʊnst ðæt ɪts mˈɛmbɚz wʊd ɹᵻdʒˈɔɪn ðə sˈɛnət dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk kˈɑːnfɹəns ˈæftɚ ðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹtiːn ᵻlˈɛkʃənz.
Liu was initially supported by the Working Families Party, by the Queens County Democratic Party and by several unions, but these organizations largely dropped their support of Liu when Jeff Klein, leader of the Independent Democratic Conference, announced that its members would rejoin the Senate Democratic Conference after the 2014 elections.