NYC’s low primary turnout: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: How low voter turnout influenced Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in New York City.
Barely 17% of Democratic voters citywide — closely white and beneath 30 — voted on this primary (“Lefties’ young demographic,” June 25).
Those voters could also be college-educated, however they’re poorly knowledgeable about historical past.
New York just isn’t alone in staying home slightly than voting. Nationwide, voter turnout just isn’t practically what it must be. Republicans too should wake up and get out the vote if they’re to have a stronger affect on the upcoming races and national midterms — to not point out the 2028 presidential election.
Jim Forkan
Bayside
It’s pathetic to see such a low general voter turnout of solely 17% citywide. The scenario within the state is comical, with the Democratic Socialists of America gaining from it. The state is in chaos exacerbated by the actions of New Yorkers themselves.
The future of New York appears bleak due to the Democrats’ stupidity.
By not taking part within the voting course of and enabling the rise of radical ideologies, New Yorkers might be shedding what little they’ve left to a choose few. As they are saying, “Dumb kids are happy kids.”
Storm Destro
Bayonne, NJ
Let’s hear it for New York Democrats — what a proud second for them. They welcomed the DSA with open arms and now it’s spreading like a most cancers. Great job, guys.
Alan Chieco
Islip
We referred to as these voters the miseducated of America — voting for insurance policies confirmed to fail each right here and internationally, and candidates with empty guarantees.
The Democratic Party embraced Mayor Mamdani, then he backstabbed it together with his own selections of socialist radicals; you reap what you sow.
And this low voter turnout is heartbreaking for all these people who sacrificed their lives to acquire the appropriate to vote.
Greg Raleigh
Washington, DC
The victories of the hateful slate of Mamdani-backed candidates in these primaries is indicative of the political upheaval occurring in blue cities nationwide.
What’s mind-boggling is how people may vote for candidates who despise the social norms generationally embedded into American tradition.
There’s nothing American about socialism, which traditionally has led to the demise of any nation that has embraced it.
Denis David
East Rockaway
Not content material with the harm that conventional leftist Democrats have already inflicted, the anti-American socialists and communists have now leveled a political and societal gun to the pinnacle of all New Yorkers and intention to inflict even more ache and struggling.
The radical Mamdani community purports to be champions of righteousness, however in actuality are a hateful cabal that yearn to tear this nation aside.
As New York’s very survival is now at stake, it should be saved by these prepared to stand towards such pestilence.
James McCaffrey
Yonkers
Once again this primary served as a wake-up call to the institution. Quality of life for almost all just isn’t enhancing whereas sure politicians get wealthy and lose curiosity of their constituencies.
In this financial climate, together with demographic modifications, I see the unconventional socialist left taking on the town’s politics. The days of Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg would possibly as nicely be historical historical past.
Nick Gatsoulis
Manhattan
New York City colleges have been educating socialist and anti-Israel propaganda for years. Children turn out to be voters and in New York City meaning a “revolutionary” ardor primarily based on lies, half-truths and hatred of America.
It’s time to clean out the rot in our instructional system and begin educating the reality.
Mel Young
Manhattan
New York is no longer the Big Apple. It is the People’s Republic of New York. A darkish cloud has descended over this as soon as lovely and vibrant metropolis.
Years of Marxist academic indoctrination have created a group of true believers who hate this nation and want to remodel the town into a communist dystopia that can function a national model. It’s terrifying.
Robert DiNardo
Farmingdale
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