"A historic number of voters cast their ballots during nine days of early voting in New York City, and Brooklyn once again led the charge. Across the five boroughs, a total of 732,866 people voted, according to the Board of Elections - the highest number of early votes cast in a non-presidential election year since the start of early voting in New York City in 2019. Brooklyn recorded the most voters of any borough, with"
"Younger voters came out in force in Kings County, per BOE data. More than 42% of early voters were between the ages of 25-44 and those ages 18-25 made up 8.5% of the vote. Slightly older voters, between ages 45-60, made up 22.7% of Brooklyn's early vote, while those 60+ made up 26.5%. , voters ages 60+ slightly edged out the 26-44 crowd, and voters between 18-25 turned out in smaller numbers still."
New York City recorded 732,866 early votes across nine days, the highest non-presidential-year early voting total since 2019. Brooklyn led all boroughs with 243,737 early ballots, nearly 100,000 more than the June primary but below last November's 345,840. Manhattan reported 212,679 early votes, Queens 166,519, the Bronx 58,661 and Staten Island 53,721. In Brooklyn, 42% of early voters were ages 25–44, 8.5% were 18–25, 22.7% were 45–60 and 26.5% were 60+. Higher turnout among older voters has been cited as favorable to Andrew Cuomo, while Zohran Mamdani polls stronger with younger voters. Several Brooklyn Council districts saw particularly high early turnout, including District 39 with nearly 25,000 early voters.
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