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Turnout Maps Reveal Youth-Driven Wave Behind Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Win

Fresh analyses show a generational electorate that portends tough tests in Albany and at City Hall.

Overview

  • Roughly 2 million New Yorkers voted, the highest mayoral turnout since the 1960s and an 84% jump from 2021, with 58% of voters under 55 and about 42% aged 18 to 44.
  • Post-election data show a decisive swing among Black voters, with Mamdani taking 63% in districts with high Black eligible-voter shares and leading by 19 points in exit polls.
  • Geographic and income splits were stark, as Mamdani ran up margins in brownstone Brooklyn and many middle-income areas while Andrew Cuomo dominated in the wealthiest corridors of Manhattan.
  • Cuomo won heavily in Jewish communities, taking 58% in neighborhoods with higher shares of Jewish-identified voters and 64% of the Jewish vote in exit polling.
  • Three citywide ballot measures to speed affordable housing approvals passed with more than 57% support, even as opposition concentrated in areas that have built relatively little affordable housing.