{"id":29162,"date":"2025-11-05T04:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/29162\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:17:13","slug":"robust-brooklyn-turnout-drives-mayoral-election-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/29162\/","title":{"rendered":"Robust Brooklyn turnout drives mayoral election numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Voters during a lull Tuesday afternoon at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN \u2014 Brooklyn was a juggernaut on election day, with 478,909 recorded votes by 3 p.m., according to the Board of Elections. Manhattan had logged roughly 95,000 fewer votes than Brooklyn at that time, and Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island even less.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The total vote count<\/a> by 3 p.m. was a hefty 1,451,942, including early voting check-ins, BOE said. More than 102,000 mail-in ballots would also be counted.<\/p>\n

\"PollPoll worker Maria Cardenas; Dr. Sandra Chase, District Leader of Assembly District 52; and Inspector Mary Lark said voter turnout was solid at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

The hard-fought contest between the Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa seemed to electrify voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hopeful,\u201d Brooklyn Heights resident Kristina, who voted at the 101 Clark St. polling site, told the Brooklyn Eagle. \u201cI feel like there\u2019s excitement in the air, and people are hoping for a change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inside 101 Clark St., the crowd started \u201cbumpy\u201d then became steady, a poll worker said. By midafternoon, 602 votes were logged between the two machines. \u201cThis is a small site. Before, we used to have four tables. Now we just have two since they opened the library,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\"ByBy midafternoon, 602 votes were logged between the two machines at 101 Clark St., a small polling site. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

The mood was upbeat. \u201cEveryone is so nice here,\u201d another satisfied voter said as she left the site.<\/p>\n

At the Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women polling site on Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn, election volunteer L. Johnson said voters were coming in \u201cat a horse-trotting pace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting a handful at a time, 20-25 an hour, more or less,\u201d she said. The \u201cseverity of intensity\u201d seemed bigger this year, Johnson said. \u201cA lot of people are seeing the election differently. Some seem disappointed that they\u2019re not on the [registered voter] list.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BusinessBusiness was booming at the Brooklyn Heights Library polling site, with five voting machines totaling 1,1185 votes by roughly 4 p.m. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

Traffic was steady all afternoon at another small venue, the Cadman Towers polling site on Cadman Plaza West, an election monitor said. The two machines totaled 327 voters by 3:30 p.m., a good number considering \u201cthey sent a lot of people to the library this year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Business was booming at the Brooklyn Heights Library polling site, with five voting machines totaling 1,185 votes by roughly 4 p.m. \u201cWe\u2019re getting a good crowd,\u201d the manager said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Turnout was also solid at Brooklyn Borough Hall, according to poll worker Maria Cardenas; Dr. Sandra Chase, District Leader of Assembly District 52; and Inspector Mary Lark.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TheseThese helpful signs helped voters find their polling places on Tuesday. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

\u201cBy 9 a.m. we had over 200,\u201d Cardenas said. By 2:30 p.m., the machines had logged 644 votes, and this was before the evening rush, Dr. Chase added.<\/p>\n

An exit poll taker from Edison Research outside the Borough Hall site told the Eagle there wasn\u2019t enough data by midafternoon to see a definite trend, but the morning survey seemed to show voters were \u201cleaning Mamdani,\u201d and that included voters of all ages. \u201cBut you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA familiar scene on Brooklyn streets during this year\u2019s mayoral vote. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

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