#Voter turnout

#Voter turnout

Kamala Harris lost last year's US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she needed to win, according to an autopsy by a progressive grassroots advocacy group. The vice-president focused on courting moderate Republicans over motivating core Democratic working-class, young and progressive voters, a misstep compounded by her failure to break from Joe Biden on Gaza, says the report by RootsAction.

Hong Kong saw a near-record low turnout in Sunday's patriots only Legislative Council elections, with fewer than 32% of voters turning out, as the number of registered voters fell for the fourth consecutive year. At 31.9%, Sunday's turnout is marginally higher than 2021's record low of 30.2%. But fewer people overall voted this year: 1.3 million compared to 1.4 million in 2021. Hong Kong's population is about 7.5 million.

More than a million ballots are in the mail. The first votes will be counted in less than a week. The Santa Clara County Assessor's runoff off election is jogging into the homestretch toward Election Day, Dec. 30. December 30? That's right. An election cycle that began more than five months ago in the bright sun of the summer solstice with the resignation/retirement of Assessor Larry Stone ends in the shadows of its winter counterpart.

Dinkins, the city's first Black mayor, appealed to working- and middle-class New Yorkers with a labor-led coalition that included renters, immigrants, and racial and ethnic groups asserting their political power, said Lange. Similarly, Eric Adams, the city's second Black mayor, had huge support from Black and Latino voters, unions and labor coalitions, moderate voters, and police groups during his run for office in 2021's mayoral race.

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump is a phenomenally effective vote-winner, capable of turning out millions of otherwise infrequent voters to deliver the White House and Congress to the Republican Party. But as president, Trump has been an albatross around the neck of his party. Consider his record as party leader. In the 2017 elections, Republicans suffered sharp defeats in the Virginia and New Jersey governor's races, with Virginia Democrats sweeping all three statewide offices and winning a majority in the state General Assembly.

On Tuesday, Democrats flipped the Virginia governor's mansion and expanded their majority in the state's House of Delegates. They also maintained control of New Jersey's governorship and held the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. In California, voters approved a ballot measure that would allow the state legislature to redraw congressional districts in a way more favorable to Democrats after Texas enacted a similar initiative for Republicans. And in New York, voters elected a democratic socialist who will be the first Muslim mayor of the city.

The 2025 NYC Mayor's Race is destined for history, regardless of who wins the election. More than 1.7 million New Yorkers have already voted in the contest between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. The final vote total is expected to be the highest in more than 30 years and could wind up being a number not seen at the polls in a mayor's race in more than 50 years.

The New York State Democratic Committee is bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot. . . . It ends with a line better suited to a mob movie than a major political party: "If you do not vote this year, we will be interested to hear why not." -New York Post

In addition to voting in the highly anticipated mayoral race this November, New Yorkers will make another consequential decision this election day. They'll also decide whether the city will begin holding elections only on even-numbered calendar years. While it may sound irrelevant, it's an important yay or nay. The measure, as written in Ballot Proposal 6, would mean that off-year primary and general elections would begin taking place in the same year as the presidential elections.

NEW YORK CITY - Nearly 300,000 New Yorkers have cast their vote in the mayoral general election during the first four days of early voting, according to data from the city board of elections. In four days of early voting, Brooklyn has seen the highest turnout among the five boroughs, with over 92,000 ballots cast, followed by Manhattan with 89,000. Queens came in third with nearly 69,000 votes cast. The Bronx had around 25,000 votes cast and Staten Island saw 22,400 votes cast.

Heather Humphreys' chances are believed to have been dented by low turnout

That's right - just more than 1 million New Yorkers voted in the primary, out of more than 5 million registered voters. There are about 8.5 million New Yorkers total, which means only one-eighth participated in that election. Of that one-eighth, 573,169 New Yorkers voted for democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. In other words, he won just 1/16 of the total population of the city.

Trump is planning on hosting tele-rallies for Ciattarelli, in which he will address supporters by phone. Meanwhile, allies and surrogates to the president are helping to raise millions of dollars for a pro-Ciattarelli super PAC, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Senior Republican strategists say Trump could be most helpful by energizing his voters during an off year-election, when turnout is likely to be down. In recent elections, Republicans have struggled to turn out voters when Trump isn't on the ballot.

For many American citizens living abroad, making sure their ballots are returned correctly and on time hundreds or thousands of miles away, back in the United States, can be tough. But with the 2026 midterm election approaching, U.S. expatriates and their advocates say voting faces more uncertainty than usual, as Republican officials continue a push for more restrictions on overseas voters, including U.S. military members stationed abroad.

One of the most closely watched elections this fall is New York City's mayoral race. But New York voters will also weigh in on a lesser-known proposal that could move future city elections to even-numbered years. It's part of a growing trend to consolidate election dates adding local races to the ballot during presidential and midterm elections. Proponents of the effort say it counters persistently low turnout for local elections, despite concerns about local issues and candidates getting overshadowed.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has secured a third term in office, according to the preliminary results from Jamaica's fractious parliamentary election. The results released early on Thursday showed that Holness' Jamaica Labour Party won at least 34 seats in the previous day's vote. The governing party's main challenger, the People's National Party, secured 29 of the 63 seats in parliament.

The early voting turnout surge indicates a significant engagement from Brooklyn voters, with over 142,000 participating, highlighting a marked increase of 118% since 2021.

Even the Marist poll released last week that showed Cuomo with a ten-point lead gave Mamdani a staggering 34-point lead among voters under 45.