{"id":2503643,"date":"2025-10-27T22:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/early-voting-numbers-show-potential-warning-signs-for-mamdani-days-before-election\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:08:46","slug":"early-voting-numbers-show-potential-warning-signs-for-mamdani-days-before-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/early-voting-numbers-show-potential-warning-signs-for-mamdani-days-before-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Voting Numbers Show Potential Warning Signs for Mamdani Days Before Election"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fearly-voting-numbers-show-potential-warning-signs-for-mamdani-days-before-election%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=2503643&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>Early voter turnout in new York City&#8217;s mayoral race has shown increased participation, notably among older voters, offering former Governor Andrew Cuomo a potential advantage as he seeks to recover from losing the Democratic primary to progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani. Over the first weekend of early voting, more than 164,000 ballots where cast-five times higher than early voting in 2021. Voters aged 55 and above made up half of this turnout, contrasting with the primary where younger voters were more prominent. Polls suggest Cuomo performs better among older voters, which may influence the election outcome. Political analysts note that higher turnout tends to favor Cuomo, who has broad support in the 50-plus demographic, while Mamdani&#8217;s appeal is strong but narrower, mainly among younger voters.The presence of Republican Curtis Sliwa, who remains in the race despite trailing, complicates predictions, particularly concerning vote splitting. increased engagement among older voters could bolster Cuomo&#8217;s chances in the runoff election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turnout in the first days of New York City&rsquo;s early voting offered a glimmer of hope for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his effort to rebound from a Democratic primary loss to far-left socialist Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>Early voting began Saturday. Through Sunday, 164,190 voters cast ballots, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/voter-turnout-surges-in-nyc-mayors-race-with-boomers-and-gen-x-leading-the-charge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gothamist<\/a>. The total was five times that of the first weekend of early voting in 2021, when Mayor Eric Adams was elected.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9lh8q\">Voters ages 55 and above were 50 percent of the total, unlike the primary, in which younger voters dominated in early voting. Voters ages 25 to 34 were about 16 percent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-harris-both-claiming-success-as-universal-support-for-early-voting-muddies-projections-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump and Harris both claiming success as universal support for ... muddies projections - Washington Examiner\">early voting total<\/a>, down from 25 percent in the primary.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in older voters could impact the results, as illustrated by a Quinnipiac University poll that showed Cuomo tied with Mamdani among voters aged 50 to 54 and four points ahead of Mamdani among voters over 65.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today&rsquo;s cover: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/buuC4qA70A\">https:\/\/t.co\/buuC4qA70A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z1U4kVvqeJ\">pic.twitter.com\/z1U4kVvqeJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1982764878923182095?\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); 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This will definitely give them some encouragement,&rdquo; Laura Tamman, a political scientist at Pace University, said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5r6hr\">Tamman said since the primary, the question has been: &ldquo;&#8202;Are the young people who were so excited going to come back?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"20ugo\">&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to see,&rdquo; Tamman said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5q9u5\">A Cuomo campaign spokesperson sought to put a positive spin on the turnout numbers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been clear most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-can-pick-and-choose-issues-tell-voters-what-they-want-to-hear-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris can \u2018pick and choose\u2019 issues, tell ... \u2018what they want to hear\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">voters don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want New York City to be a socialist experiment with a diminished police force, no jails, decriminalized prostitution and a weakened education system that encourages mediocrity,&rdquo; Cuomo representative Rich Azzopardi said. &ldquo;This is the most important election of our lifetime and the turnout thus far shows that New Yorkers know it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Graves, president of Gotham Polling, said it was &ldquo;unquestionable that the higher the turnout, the more it favors Cuomo,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/27\/us-news\/boomers-gen-xers-dominate-nycs-early-voting-tallies-why-that-could-be-a-bad-sign-for-zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The more the turnout, you pick up more people who are non-partisan and aren&rsquo;t super-engaged and that favors the middle,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Graves said younger voters have a strong attachment to Mamdani, but he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lacks broad-based fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reality is Mamdani has very deep support in the young, but it&rsquo;s not very broad, whereas Cuomo has deep support in the 50-plus and they tend to show up the most,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Curtis Sliwa, who trails Mamdani and Cuomo in every poll and resisted calls to drop out, remains a factor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we don&rsquo;t know really how many of Curtis&rsquo; voters decide that he can&rsquo;t win so they are not going to waste their vote and vote for Cuomo, who they don&rsquo;t like,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are a lot of Cuomo voters not voting for Cuomo, but against Mamdani,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Early voting started on Saturday, and by Sunday, 164,190 people had voted, according to the Gothamist. This figure is five times higher than the turnout during the first weekend of early voting in 2021 when Mayor Eric Adams was elected. Voters aged 55 and older made up half of those who voted early this time, contrasting with the primary where younger voters were more prevalent. The share of voters aged 25 to 34 dropped from 25 percent in the primary to about 16 percent now. This rise in older voter participation could influence results since a Quinnipiac University poll showed Cuomo tied with Mamdani among voters aged 50-54 and leading by four points among those over 65<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2503644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mamdani-campaigning.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[52344,34059,65997,56552,33358],"class_list":["post-2503643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-early-voting-2","tag-election-2024","tag-election-warning-signs","tag-mamdani","tag-voter-turnout"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mamdani-campaigning.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503647,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503643\/revisions\/2503647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}