Mamdani Wins NYC Democratic Primary

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Source: NBC News

"Mamdani still leads the Democratic field, now commanding a bigger chunk of the vote (56%) than he did after the unofficial results on primary night (43.5%). Cuomo also grew his share to 44% from 36.4%. All other candidates in the Democratic mayoral primary are eliminated in the latest tally."





Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/nyc-primary-results-ranked-choice-voting-mamdani-cuomo-all-races/6322129/

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Unexpected increase for both Mamdani and Cuomo, but Mamdani clearly took a majority of those that bothered to vote. A win is a win. Now comes the hard part. Congratulations to everyone that voted!

But a serious issue still persists.

Citywide, an estimated 39 % of registered Democrats participated in the primary.

That better than usual (since the late 80s), as turnout rose sharply in Brooklyn and Queens (early voting doubled), and Manhattan likely followed suit. The Bronx remained more subdued, likely seeing a smaller bump. Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan—where Mamdani led—had notably high turnout increases due to energized younger, progressive, and multilingual outreach.

The Bronx and Staten Island—where Cuomo won—saw more modest turnout gains, especially in the Bronx where lagging early-vote increases limited turnout growth.

If total Democratic registration is about 67% - it's fluid, so more or less - but If turnout is 39% in the General, a candidate could win a 5-way race with just 7.8% (382, 201) of around 4.9 million of all registered voters, as long as they get slightly more votes than any other candidate.

In the last Mayoral election turnout about  23% of active registered voters or around 1.15 million votes.

So, games on. Nothing is certain or assured.