… With the primary on Tuesday, the word “mess” is the only real way to describe the Democratic mayoral primary in the country’s most populated and heavily Democratic city. There are a lot of candidates (eight of whom qualified for the final debate last week), a new ranked choice system […] Read more »
The New York City Mayoral Primary
Key Points• New York City’s mayors have struggled in their recent efforts to win higher office, but they often become national figures anyway on account of their high-profile position.• Ranked-choice voting as well as the many twists and turns of the race makes it difficult to predict a winner in […] Read more »
Rounding the Turn: The state of New York’s mayoral race
With New York City’s mayoral primary just around the corner, Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley are challenging Eric Adams for the top spot, while Andrew Yang is fading from the front rank, according to a June 9–13 poll of likely Democratic primary voters conducted for the Manhattan Institute. CONTINUED Michael […] Read more »
NYC: Adams Holds 7-Point Lead on Garcia, Would Win in 12th Round of Ranked Votes
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams holds a seven-point lead over former sanitation boss Kathryn Garcia in the New York City mayoral primary – and Adams would edge out Garcia to ultimately win the Democratic nomination after 12 rounds of ranked-choice votes are counted. That’s the result of an exclusive WNBC/Telemundo […] Read more »
NYC: Adams, Garcia make gains in race for mayor
Less than one month before the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City, Eric Adams has overtaken Andrew Yang as the top vote-getter, but still remains far from the needed 50% +1 majority, according to a new Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll. Around one in five likely Democratic voters say Adams […] Read more »
How Ranked-Choice Voting Could Affect New York’s Mayoral Race
The competition for the Democratic mayoral nomination in New York City is wide open. It’s the kind of race that ranked-choice voting is meant to help, by letting voters support their top choice without forfeiting the opportunity to weigh in on the most viable candidates. It’s also the kind of […] Read more »