Older residents make up slim majority at the polls halfway through early voting in NYC mayoral race
Halfway through early voting, older New Yorkers continue to make up a slim majority of those who have cast ballots in the city’s mayoral race so far, according to a data analysis by the Daily News.
Wednesday marked the fifth day of polls being open and the halfway mark of early voting in the pivotal Nov. 4 election, in which Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani is facing off against independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
As of the 8 p.m. poll closures Wednesday, 372,111 New Yorkers had voted, Board of Elections tabulations say. In the 2021 mayoral election, the first citywide contest to offer early voting, a total of 169,879 people cast ballots early over the entire nine-day span it was available, meaning the 2025 turnout has already shattered the previous record.
Of the early votes cast as of Wednesday night, about 189,000 came from New Yorkers 55 or older, Board of Elections demographics data reviewed by The News shows. The remaining roughly 183,000 early votes came from those younger than 55.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/30/older-residents-make-up-slim-majority-at-the-polls-halfway-through-early-voting-in-nyc-mayoral-race/