Zohran Mamdani won Tuesday’s election for mayor of New York City, main former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo by practically 9 share factors to this point. See how Mamdani did in precincts throughout the town:
Turnout surged throughout the town — complete votes forged in many areas rivaled the quantity forged in the 2024 presidential election. With late-arriving mail nonetheless to be counted, there have been over 2 million votes forged, about three-quarters of the 2024 turnout.
Thirteen districts, spanning Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, and the Upper East Side, exceeded 80% of their presidential turnout, together with one district in Brooklyn that topped its depend of 2024 complete ballots. These districts assorted in their assist for Mamdani: He obtained higher than 65% assist in 5 of the districts and fewer than 35% in 4, with the remaining districts extra blended in their assist.
The election largely got here right down to a rematch of the highest two candidates in June’s Democratic major. Mamdani received that contest to develop into the Democratic nominee, whereas Cuomo selected to run as an unbiased candidate after dropping. The voters in a common election is by nature completely different from a Democratic major, which is restricted to registered Democrats solely. But shifts in the margin between Mamdani and Cuomo recommend there have been adjustments in assist pushed by greater than only a broader voters.
As the Democratic nominee, Mamdani consolidated the assist of self-identified Democrats, main Cuomo 66% to 31% in keeping with NCS’s exit poll. Mamdani’s largest enhancements got here from strongly Democratic areas, largely locations with excessive Black and Latino populations, in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx that voted for Cuomo in the first.
Cuomo’s positive aspects got here from extra Republican areas in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. These embrace areas with massive Chinese populations, similar to Bensonhurst in Brooklyn and Flushing in Queens. Staten Island was the one borough in New York City to assist Trump in the 2024 presidential election. NCS’s exit ballot discovered that Cuomo received 70% of 2024 Trump voters citywide (the Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa obtained 21% of Trump backers’ votes, and Mamdani obtained 9%).