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Voters have already started to vote in New York, where a primary of the Democratic Party closely watched for the next Mayor’s election drew attention across the country.
The surveys open on Tuesday after nine days of early voting which finished on Sunday.
The race, which is led by Andrew CuomoA former governor and son of a former mayor promising a promising establishment experience, and Zohran Mamdani, a young democratic member of the Socialist State Assembly who promised to tackle the questions of cost of living, underlined an ongoing debate on the future of the Democratic Party in New York and beyond.
The winner of the Democratic primary is considered the favorite fort to win the general elections in November, the current mayor deeply unpopular due to scandals and allegations of corruption, and the republican candidate a long blow in the firmly democratic city.
Output Eric AdamsWho is a democrat, announced earlier this year that he was moving primaries to present himself as independent.
The race also drew attention to the city’s classified choice voting system, which allows voters to classify several candidates in terms of preference rather than vote for a single candidate.
What is the state of the race when voters head for the ballot boxes, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of the classified choice vote? We quickly examine this and more.
When does the vote take place?
The primary of the New York Democrat Town Hall takes place on June 24, with openings open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The early vote took place between June 14 and 22.
Who are the candidates?
Cuomo and Mamdani are elbow in the polls, while a handful of additional candidates are in competition to also lead the largest city in the country.
Cuomo, a 67 -year -old centrist former governor According to a political dynasty in New York, attempts a return to political life after a report discovered that he had sexually harassed at least 11 women during his governor’s time, which caused generalized calls to his resignation to which he finally died in 2021.
The former governor presented himself as an experienced figure most capable of guiding the city at a time when it is faced with a more in-depth examination of the federal government under the administration of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, with questions such as the application of immigration.
Mamdani, a 33 -year -old democratic socialist and state legislator with immigrant training, carried out a campaign that was first of all in a low chances of success but who regularly turned up as the young legislator makes a flawless land in voters. He promised to shake up the political policies of the city’s political establishment such as a freeze on rent increases and free public buses.
While Cuomo and Mamdani drew the most national attention, they are not the only candidates to run.
They include the Brad Lander controller; The president of the New York Municipal Council, Adrienne Adams; The old controller Scott Stringer; State senator Jessica Ramos; State senator Zellnor Myrie; Michael Blake, political consultant and former state legislator; And Whitney Tilson, an investor.
Why was this breed so notable?
According to New York’s status, as one of the major cities in the world, the mayor’s race included a lot of drama.
The attempted return to power of Cuomo after a previous fall in Grace as governor, associated with the young and dynamic campaign of Mamdani with strong calls for the pluralist identity of the city, created a striking contrast between the competing visions for the future of the city.
Cuomo was approved by centrist personalities such as former President Bill Clinton, while Mamdani won approvals for progressive personalities such as senator Bernie Sanders and deputy Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Conflict in the Middle East also took advantage of the race. Cuomo, a fervent supporter of Israel, has promised to repress anti -Semitism. Mamdani, a supporter of Palestinian rights, spoke of receiving anti-Muslim death threats during the campaign.
The aggressive approach of the Trump administration to the application of immigration was also a flash point. City officials and candidates reacted with anger last week when federal immigration agents arrestThe city controller, while escorting a man outside the immigration court.
What does the most recent survey tell us?
Recent polls show a tight match between Mamdani and Cuomo.
An Emerson survey published Monday shows Cuomo with 35% of the vote, Mamdani increasing with 33%, Lander with 13% and Adrienne Adams in fourth, with 8%.
A previous Emerson survey at the end of May showed Cuomo with 34%, Mamdani with 22%, Lander with 10%and Adrienne Adams with 8%.
A June survey of Marist shows Cuomo with 55% in the final round, beating Mamdani with 45%, while the Emerson survey shows Mamdani with 52% in the last round up to 48% Cuomo.
When will we know the results?
The polls end at 9 p.m. on Tuesday (01:00 GMT on Wednesday), and some preliminary data should be available in a few hours. But the end result will take longer to tabulate due to the classified choice of choice of the city.
The tab of classified choice does not start before July 1, while the city awaits the arrival of all postal bulletins. The official result will be certified on July 15, but could be known earlier.
What is classified choice voting?
With the classified choice vote, people classify several candidates in terms of preference rather than selecting a single candidate.
Although this is more complex than a traditional election, supporters maintain that it allows voters to express their preferences without making a decision all or nothing with their vote.
In New York, voters ranked up to five candidates in the order of their favorite. During the first cycle of voting counting, only the first choices are recorded. If a candidate receives a clear majority of more than 50%, he won the race.
But if not, the candidate who received the lowest number of votes of first choice is deleted, and the votes of those who classified them accumulate for the first time at the choice of the second choice on their ballots.
This process continues until two candidates remain, the one who received the most winning votes.
What are his strength?
The defenders of the classified vote of the choices say that it allows people to vote for the candidate that they like the most without worrying about their chances of winning.
If you like Mamdani and believe that he is the candidate with the best chances of winning, but would prefer Lander, for example, you could classify Lander first and Mamdani second.
In this way, people can go with the candidate they identify most strongly without feeling like “throwing their vote”: if your favorite candidate is eliminated, your votes can still accumulate to other candidates you have classified and assign the result of the race.
Some also show that the classified choice makes it difficult for a candidate to win without a certain support, because the candidates benefit if they work well not only with their own core of supporters, but also the supporters of several other candidates.
What are its weaknesses?
A disadvantage of the system is its complexity. Even voters who have participated in the elections with a choice of choice classified in the past may find it difficult to understand the implications of their classification, although the concept of choosing a series of candidates according to the preference is quite simple.
Some also believe that the process is less transparent, because a computer is responsible for tabulating and redistributing votes in each turn, which also means that it is more difficult for traditional sources of electoral updates, such as press organizations, to follow developments.
Some errors also took place when the vote classified as a choice was used for the first time in New York in 2021, adding confusion to the procedure and providing allegations according to which the electoral authorities were not correctly ready to implement the new system. Officials hope to avoid similar accidents this time.
