More than 4,130 of the Jewish voters who just signed on with the Democratic Party — and thus are allowed to vote in the primary — were previously registered as independent or belonged to the Republican or another party, according to the Jewish Voters Action Network, which pushed the effort. He said the effort to re-register voters as Democrats is because the winner of the Democratic primary will be heavily favored to win the general election, even against embattled Mayor Eric Adams, a Dem who is skipping the primary race and running as an independent. There are a total of around 3.77 million registered Democrats in the city, nearly 25% of whom voted in the last mayoral election in 2021, according to the Gotham Gazette.
Author: Carl Campanile
Published at: 2025-04-06 22:14:01
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