NEW YORK: New York Metropolis’s mayoral candidates made a remaining push on Monday (Nov 3) to get voters to the polls, because the race to guide the most important metropolis within the US nears its finale.
Forward of election day on Tuesday, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa had been campaigning frenetically throughout the town’s 5 boroughs, making a case for why they need to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.
Greater than 735,000 early votes have already been solid – the very best quantity ever in a New York Metropolis mayoral election – dwarfing 2021’s early in-person turnout, which was the primary mayoral race within the metropolis with early voting.
This 12 months’s early voter turnout fell wanting the overall from the final presidential election, when simply over 1 million early in-person votes had been solid.
Cuomo had a packed schedule on Monday, getting down to hit every of the boroughs for a get-out-the-vote effort. Sliwa was additionally crisscrossing the town for the same effort.
Mamdani, in the meantime, kicked off the day by crossing the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan with supporters at dawn, carrying a banner alongside Democratic allies.
“I proceed to be assured about our possibilities heading into Election Day tomorrow,” Mamdani mentioned at a information convention outdoors Metropolis Corridor. “However I cannot permit myself, or let this motion, to change into complacent.”
TRUMP COMMENTS ON NYC RACE
In an interview on “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday, President Donald Trump mentioned if Mamdani wins, “it’s gonna be laborious for me because the president to present some huge cash to New York.”
Mischaracterizing Mamdani, a democratic socialist, as a communist, Trump mentioned he would select Cuomo between the 2 of them.
“I’m not a fan of Cuomo in some way, but when it’s gonna be between a foul Democrat and a communist, I’m gonna choose the dangerous Democrat on a regular basis, to be trustworthy with you,” he mentioned.
Mamdani, 34, who could be the town’s first Muslim mayor, jolted the political world when he defeated Cuomo within the Democratic major election, with an brisk marketing campaign centered on making the town a extra reasonably priced place to reside.
Because the race approaches the end line, he is continued to put up viral social media movies and run a relentless floor recreation, whereas warning his progressive fan base to not change into complacent and to ship as many supporters to the polls as doable.
