Voters in the largest city in America are choosing a Democratic nominee for mayor via ranked-choice voting. The crowded field is led by former governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned from the state’s top office four years ago following sexual harassment allegations; state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who snagged key endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York); Comptroller Brad Lander, who made headlines when he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an immigration hearing last week; and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
This is a ranked-choice primary – only first-choice votes will be tabulated on election night. Final vote calculations will be released July 1 and updated weekly until all ballots are counted. Republican Curtis Sliwa is uncontested in his primary.
Can somebody please explain to me how this works? Because I've read that the "final" vote isn't until November - so what the hell is this?
It's the Democratic primary, the general still has to happen. It was basically assumed that the Democratic nominee would win the general.
Oh my fucking god Americans do party politics for municipal elections too?
Jesus. Clown ass country. Deeply unserious.
We do party politics for school board elections.