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It's believed yesterday's presidential election had the biggest voter turnout since the 1960 election: American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate director Curtis Gans "predicted that as many as 135 million people would cast votes - 64.8 percent of those eligible to vote, compared with 67 percent in 1960."
However, the excitement of high voter turnout and a thrilling presidential race is tempered by the long lines many faced. NYC voters saw long lines, broken machines and their names missing from the voter books even though they'd been in the books in previous elections! And even the famous had to wait: With 270 people ahead of him, Mayor Bloomberg waited in line to vote on the Upper East Side (he joked he couldn't cut because the press was around).
When NY Governor David Paterson voted in Harlem, he said, "I haven’t seen lines like these even when the machines were broken." Rep. Anthony Weiner was luckier--it took him 10 minutes to vote at P.S. 101 in Forest HIlls. The NY Times reports that the NYC Board of Elections "acknowledged the complaints, which [were] attributed in part to 'an unprecedented number of voters at the polls.' The city’s 34,000 poll workers, who are paid $200 to $300 for a day’s work, tried their best to help voters at 1,351 polling sites." A Times editorial suggests that more stats offer early voting or allowing absentee ballots that don't require excuses.
And for details: here's how the city voted:
Bronx: Obama 88% 300,327 | McCain 11% 38,560
Brooklyn: Obama 79% 545,785 | McCain 20% 139,594
Manhattan: Obama 85% 490,634 | McCain 14% 79,448
Queens: Obama 74% 436,398 | McCain 25% 144,362
Staten Island: Obama 47% 73,192 | McCain 52% 80,853
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Staten Island voted for McCain.... nah, they are barely part of the city as it is. This just makes it official.
seriously, staten island is worthless? what is the opposite of annexing? can we force new jersey to take them? destroy the verrazano and end ferry service? napalm?
When NY Governor David Paterson voted in Harlem, he said, "I haven’t seen lines like these even when the machines were broken."
he hasn't seen lines like that even the machines weren't broken!
(because he's blind)
wth, he can overturn our votes to extend term limits but Bloomberg can't cut in line. wth???
The crowds at the first Clinton election (1992) seemed to be longer. I can't imagine that the poll watchers and workers became better at it.
isn't this polling data kinda sad? seeing as there are millions more people in america today. In 1960 there were only 180 million people in america. now we have 300 million and only 135 million voted. How many illegal aliens do we have?
Cult of Obama is on the rise. Cult of Obama members were caught up in the rapture last night and they will show America that the neo-libs are the POWER. GO OBAMA GO! GO OBAMA GO! CULT OF OBAMA CAN NOT BE DEFEATED!
Staten Island Voted for Bush twice and I believe they voted for Dole in 1996 and Bush in 1992. Putnam County also went red this election. Too bad. Otherwise all of downstate NY went blue.
It'd be even better when Americas know politicians work for us again instead of being in bed with all the lobbyists.
Thank you. I was just wondering what the breakdowns were by borough and there it was!
Bronx beat Brooklyn but that's only because of those closet Park Slope republicans.
Fewer people voted yesterday than in 2004. How can that mean they hit a larger percentage of registered voters? I would assume the opposite is true, given the high number of new registrations.
the google election map had the breakdowns, I can't find it today but it was interesting to see.
Most of NYS went for mccain. I found it funny Ulster cty went to Obama.
Look at that Manhattan breakdown. lots of closet commies living there.
@pissyrabbit--I think some parts of Brooklyn are also more conservative--like the part that helped elect Vito Fossella.
@JenChung absolutely. I was wondering how the generally pretty conservative Chasid vote would change some of the numbers
Is there a breakdown map by towns/cities in New York? I saw one for Connecticut on CNN, but I'm unable to find one for NY.
"as many as 135 million people would cast votes - 64.8 percent of those eligible to vote, compared with 67 percent in 1960."
How many who were uneligible voted?
Sigh; Staten Island, you let me down once again...
Staten Island embarrassed itself with this vote. Are you f'ing kidding me???
Staten Island is the Appalachia of NYC, except trade dumb, backwards ignorant banjo playing WASPs for dumb, backwards, ignorant, orange tanned, Meat-Packing District invading, Italian sons of bitches.
AKA Bensonhurst transplants.
haha so true! ^
but seriously folks, who's really surprised SI voted in favor of McCain?
I spoke too soon, here's the most recent results for google maps. nassau and suffolk went blue.
http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/2008election/
#17 BREAKNIGHT, spoken like a true neo-lib elitist.
To TSOL and others that apparently failed high school algebra: 64.8% of eligible voters, people 18 and older that have registered, voted. So that means we have about 208 million registered, eligible voters. Only 64.8% voted, or 135 million.
Yes, there are 300 million people in this country (all of whom are eligible to register to vote), but everyone realizes that not everyone is over 18, nor is everyone registered to vote. Hence the gap of about 92 million people.
Staten Island is like the Texas of NYC. Everyone there should act the part by weighing 350 lbs and shopping at Walmart -they already vote republican.
Staten Island: irrelevant by choice portion of NYC
but seriously folks, who's really surprised SI voted in favor of McCain?
Exactly.
Isn't is widely understood that areas with high property ownership by people that actually work have the most to lose by voting for the Democratic party?
It should be. The expression "A Republican is a Democrat who's been mugged" didn't come from nowhere. Just not everyone knows who the mugger is.