Posted on 09/16/2009 11:27:59 PM PDT by kingattax
Though official records are incomplete, it appears that the turnout in Tuesday’s Democratic primary was the lowest in modern New York City history.
Despite pleasant weather and the efforts of candidates who crisscrossed the city for weeks, just 11 percent of enrolled Democrats went to the polls.
The primary was also marked by a political anomaly: more people cast their ballots for public advocate and comptroller than for mayor.
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They voted twice for term limits, and Bloomberg nullified their vote.
Are the people who won for Comptroller and Advocate members of ACORN? Might have been a few extra ballots tossed in the pile.
"I'm not leaving and you can't make me."
I lived in NYC in 1980. When I went to vote at our polling place on the Upper East Side there were a mere handful of people. I still happily pulled my lever (yes, that’s how you did it back then) for Reagan. How could there possibly be less people today? The disenthusiasm for Democrats is palpable.
NYC proves that ‘Democracy’ is not the answer and often becomes autocratic rule by slimey little people like Blommberg! We have a Republic and everything that entails.
I didn't vote because literally 100% of the candidates were simply representatives of different socialist factions, so it didn't matter who won.
OTOH, I will vote in the Advocate run-off, hoping to keep the vile Mark Green out of office.
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