{"id":1611573,"date":"2022-08-17T23:18:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T03:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611573"},"modified":"2022-08-17T23:18:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T03:18:46","slug":"low-turnout-predicted-for-late-summer-last-minute-new-york-primary-deemed-confusing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/low-turnout-predicted-for-late-summer-last-minute-new-york-primary-deemed-confusing\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Turnout Predicted for Late-Summer, Last-Minute New York Primary Deemed \u2018Confusing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flow-turnout-predicted-for-late-summer-last-minute-new-york-primary-deemed-confusing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday for their second primary in two months.<\/p>\n<p>Politicos predict historically low turnout. Not only are voters confused about why, after they voted on June 28, they have to vote again, but it\u2019s altogether the wrong time for a primary. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-new-york-state\">New York State<\/a>, where school doesn\u2019t start until after Labor Day, the last week in August is all about cookouts, beach vacations, and the last moments to enjoy summer.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates of turnout for primaries in Congressional and State Senate races run as low as 10 percent. Twenty percent is average for a primary, and it\u2019s pretty good if more than 20 percent show up, said Carl Calabrese, a retired political consultant. He understands elections first hand: he was elected Town Supervisor of Tonawanda, one of Buffalo\u2019s more populous suburbs, serving eight years, and later was deputy to Erie County\u2019s elected county executive.<\/p>\n<p>Making matters more confusing, several districts feature special elections to fill vacant seats. The winners of these races next Tuesday are going to Congress but only for a few months, unless they are also running in November and win then. Such districts have two races simultaneously on Tuesday\u2019s ballot: a primary for November elections and a special general election.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/08\/17\/Carl-Calabrese.jpg\"><\/a> Carl Calabrese, retired political consultant. (Supplied) <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, various incumbents across the state found themselves running in new districts where they don\u2019t necessarily live. Incumbents\u2019 changing districts have caused chain reactions, prompting other incumbents to also make moves. Several observers mentioned Democrat Mondaire Jones of the old\u00a0 District 17 moving from New York\u2019s northern suburbs, Westchester and Rockland County, to run for the new District 10 encompassing lower Manhattan\u2014places like Wall Street, Greenwich Village, and Chinatown\u2014and parts of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most confusing election I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Calabrese said.<\/p>\n<p>The second<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday for their second primary in two months. Politicos predict historically low turnout. Not only are voters confused about why, after they voted on June 28, they have to vote again, but it\u2019s altogether the wrong time for a primary. 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