"Turnout surged across the city total votes cast in many areas rivaled the number cast in the 2024 presidential election. With late-arriving mail still to be counted, there have been over 2 million votes cast, about three-quarters of the 2024 turnout. Thirteen districts, spanning Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, and the Upper East Side, exceeded 80% of their presidential turnout, including one district in Brooklyn that topped its count of 2024 total ballots."
"But shifts in the margin between Mamdani and Cuomo suggest there were changes in support driven by more than just a broader electorate. As the Democratic nominee, Mamdani consolidated the support of self-identified Democrats, leading Cuomo 66% to 31% according to CNN's exit poll. Mamdani's largest improvements came from strongly Democratic areas, mostly places with high Black and Latino populations, in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx that voted for Cuomo in the primary."
Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election, leading former governor Andrew Cuomo by nearly nine percentage points with over two million votes cast. Turnout surged citywide, with ballots in many precincts rivaling the 2024 presidential election and about three-quarters of 2024 turnout counted. Thirteen districts across Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, and the Upper East Side exceeded 80% of their presidential turnout; one Brooklyn district topped its 2024 ballot count. Mamdani received over 65% support in five of those districts and under 35% in four, with mixed results elsewhere. Mamdani consolidated Democratic support 66% to 31% among self-identified Democrats, while Cuomo gained in more Republican areas and in parts of Brooklyn and Queens with large Chinese populations.
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