Wow!.
The actual primary vote is this Tuesday….
Eric Adams jump ahead in the polls has two other candidates trying drum up more attention and votes going into final stretch bay appearing together ….
Calculated desperation for Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia…
Feeling Good for Eric Adams?
The vote will be ranked choice….
The early vote has been low….
Andrew Yang had been hinting for days that he might form an alliance with one of his rivals in the New York City mayor’s race to stop the front-runner, Eric Adams, from winning the Democratic primary.
On Friday night, Mr. Yang announced he would spend Saturday campaigning with Kathryn Garcia, another leading candidate, in an apparent signal of a likely cross-endorsement, or something close to it.
An email from his campaign said Mr. Yang and Ms. Garcia planned on Saturday to attend a rally, greet voters and hold a news conference together, grabbing attention in the final days of the race. A spokesman for Mr. Yang, Jake Sporn, would not say if the joint events meant the candidates would cross-endorse each other.
“Stay tuned,” he said.
Cross-endorsements are a common feature of ranked-choice elections — a voting system that New York City is using for the first time in a mayoral election. Candidates encourage their supporters to rank another candidate second on their ballot, boosting both campaigns….
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Both candidates are trying to stall momentum by Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, who has been leading in the polls. Mr. Adams, who has faced questions over his residency and his finances in recent days, stood before supporters in Harlem on Friday to dismiss the growing attacks from his rivals.
“All the stuff you are seeing out there is to throw Eric off his game,” Mr. Adams said. “That’s all this is. And they are not going to do it.”
For days, Mr. Adams has advised those who support him, “no distractions, stay focused and grind.” On Friday, his opponents appeared to be heeding that message as well, hopping between boroughs for campaign events and making their final appeals.
The flurry of activity heading into the weekend reflected the candidates’ urgent efforts to get their supporters to cast ballots in the final days of early voting, which ends Sunday, and to the polls on Tuesday. As of Friday, 130,000 people had voted early, a relatively small number that suggested much the electorate could still be up for grabs….
image….NY Post
Sabato’s people look at the NYC Dem Mayor Primary in detail and won’t make call….
They also advise that due to ranked voting….
They winner may NOT be known for quite some time….
Link…
Isn’t García meant to be the progressive candidate (endorsed by AOC) and Yang running slightly to the right of center (e.g. supporting the no-tolerance, stop&frisk anti-crime policies of Giuliani and Bloomberg) ?
AOC endorsed civil rights activist Maya Wiley, who has become the progressive favorite, ahead of Scott Stringer.
At least by NYC Dem standards, Adams, Yang, and Garcia are all considered “center to center right.”
Crime seems to be the biggest issue in the primary and has helped Adams, who would probably be my choice if I lived there, but of course do not.
Based on accounts I have read over the past couple of days, I would no longer vote for Adams hypothetically.
While I think rank-choice voting is a bad idea, it is the law there, with the widespread support of Democrats, and Adams trying to cry racism or “voter suppression” because other candidates (non-white themselves) are attempting to cut public deals or align their campaigns, which is unavoidable in a ranked-choice system, speaks very poorly about Adams.
Apparently Kathryn Garcia is white, but just used to be married to someone named Jerry Garcia..
Still though, Andrew Yang is a “person of color” and the concept being pushed by Adams that he by campaigning alongside Garcia is attempting to “disenfranchise” black voters is ludicrous.
Also, while Yang told his voters to pick Garcia second, she did not return the favor, which raises the question why Yang would allow himself to get used that way.
I wouldn’t either….
His history and dancing ARE suspect….
Race?
A Black man….
A Asian man…
Latina Woman ….
White Woman….
Racism?
You only vote in November Presidential elections anyway though.
Yes DSD….
Yang started strong , but he seemed to come off way too pro business
Garcia was a virtual unk, but AOC lifted her up…
Adams a former cop and Republican has had some shaddy past sruff……
But the city media has screamed daily about crime and Adams fit that solution , especially with minorities who are mostly the victims..
The ranked thing is a new thing rhat has pundits not doing predictions…
AOC DID NOT endorse Garcia.
I stand corrected….
AOC Endorsed Wiley…..
AOC DID NOT endorse Garcia.
I should have said as Wang dropped Garcia ascended
Garcia was a former NYC SanitatioN commissioner