NYC Gets Four More Years of Bloomberg

Given that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's victory had been predicted for a few weeks, Gothamist would have thought that the NY Post might have put a little more thought into its post-election cover. But, instead, it's a poorly Photoshopped (as is keeping with the Post's tradition) and terrible that it could be an instant classic - we'll need to sit with this one.

Anyway, the billiionaire mayor was reelected resoundingly, beating opponent Fernando Ferrer by almost 20 percentage points (the Daily News says that "If Bloomberg's 19.8-point margin holds, it would beat LaGuardia's 19.7-point spread in 1937, the Republican record," while it definitely beats Rudy Giuliani's 1997 17.3 percentage point win over Ruth Messinger). All the coverage points to how the the Democrats are now locked out of City Hall for sixteen years (the longest Republican tenure, the Post confirms) and how voters really sparked to Bloomberg's accomplishments in office, with hope that he would really do more. Ferrer conceded around 10PM, calling Mayor B, who said, "Thanks, Freddy. You're a gentleman to call."

The Observer says the Bloomberg mayoralty "may be the most powerful" in New York City history. The Daily News' Michael Goodwin thinks the Mayor could have "truly great" in him. The Times looks at how the Mayor will broaden his agenda ("ground zero development, building up Governors Island and pursuing the city's largest low- and middle-income housing program ever"). And there's post-game analysis of what Ferrer did from the Times and Post.

And some fun facts: Looking at the returns by boroughs from the Times, Ferrer won the Bronx, 59% to 39%, while Mayor Bloomberg won all other boroughs: Staten Island 77% (Ferrer got 19%), Brooklyn 58% (39%), Manhattan 61% (36%), and Queens 64% (35%).

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By Jen Chung in News on November 9, 2005 8:21 AM

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Toby

I prefer the Daily News for local news, plus it has a great comics section. One of the fun things about the Times is that I think they get their Metro Section stories from the previous day's Daily News, since when I read most of them I have a feeling of deja vu.

rev pays

I've read there are 1.8 million registered voters.

At my polling site, the workers were falling asleep.

Greg

So Bloomberg got only 720,000 votes to Ferrer's 480,000? I figured there would be a lot more votes cast than that. Anyone know how many registered voters there are approximately in NYC or what the voter turn-out percentage was this year or is generally for mayoral and presidential elections?

bigtimetopbanana

I think the Pope kinda shits in the woods

sp

I hear the Pope is kinda catholic

your sister's gay boyfriend

I think a bear kinda shits in the woods.

Vin

The Post is good for: Page Six, hyping NYC real estate market, Sports, and dissing the Daily News any chance they can.

Also I think they kinda favor the right...

Jen

The Post has awesome crime reporting - you can't beat the Post or Daily News for the little tidbits they somehow unearth. The crime beat is very competitive between the News and Post.

And as one of the city's biggest papers that people do read, it's important to see what they are reading. Then again, I just like reading whatever tends to be NYC-related.

b

The Post has a better sports section than the times or the daily news

mark

i read the new york post, but only for "page six" and for free on the internet. i can't imagine actually reading it for news -- although once, when i was nine, i did choose a current events article from it: "mr rogers goes macho", about the television dude taking up weightlifting (it even had a photo of him, buffed up and shirtless). needless to say, the teacher didn't accept my work, but she did find it funny.

Toby

With that front page it makes me wonder who the hell reads the Post? Right wing nut jobs? The same fools who watch Fox News Channel? Fox 5 viewers?