NYC 2009 Mayoral Race OFFICIAL RESULTS THREAD: INTERESTING NEWS TO REPORT

[Sam Spade]

Let me know what happens in Al Vann's seat.

[Sam Spade]

Amusing.  But not unexpected.

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Based on what should be out there, Bloomberg should win. But who knows, really...

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Amusingly, Republicans picked up John C. Liu's open (the next NYC Comptroller's - and a toilet, I thought) Council seat in Queens, giving them 4 out of 51 (lol).

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I will now accept my accolades

I tried to tell you what was going on.  I really tried.  This looks like a landslide close race, folks.

(for those not here in 2004: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=12005.msg265848#msg265848)

I tried too.  Oh well...

[Sam Spade]

Summary of the City Council results... laughably lopsided, so why bother. But five Republicans now, three of them from Queens; 20 and 19 were both gained. Republican challengers in 30 and 43 were beaten easily, though.

Heh, missed 19.  Good catch.  That's Tony Avella's seat (who challenged Thompson for Mayor).  Ognibene wasn't going to win (old news) and Gentile is quite competent, Italian and thus entrenched for that area.  Besides, his challenger got absolutely destroyed in the Assembly seat election last year.

[Sam Spade]

What's interesting is that the polarisation seems a little less than in some past races - Staten Island certainly seems to have been less overwhelming in its support for Bloomberg than it has been in the past or than it was for Giuliani. I wonder whether Bloomberg changing the rules might have something to do with that.

Yeah, just from a quick browse it looks like Bloomberg lost some Hispanic support.  Also as you stated there was less polarization as a whole.  The general sense I got around here was fatigue.  No one  really seemed excited to vote for Bloomberg- it was more that they didnt trust Thompson.  That sentiment usually doesnt bring the landslide #'s.   Bloomberg changing the rules did have a negative impact and especially with democrats who would normally be apt vote for him. 

Thompson was a godawful candidate, completely incompetent - I watched the debates and know his record.  That being said, I voted for him because Bloomberg needed to be taught a lesson.  A competent Dem candidate (say Anthony Weiner) would have beaten Bloomberg, no matter whether Bloomberg spent $1 or $1 billion.  Of course, Weiner was not smart enough to realize this.

I didn't realize that the City Council District 19 race was this race.  This race was hilarious - read these articles:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election_2009/2009/11/02/2009-11-02_antisemitism_charges_hurled_in_council_race.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election_2009/2009/10/27/2009-10-27_race_furor_over_campaign_ads_dems_say_gop_flyers_aimed_at_scaring_whites.html

[Sam Spade]

Thompson seems to have polled a plurality on the Democratic line. For those interested in such things.

Guess that means the ordering of the lines is going to stay the same.

[Sam Spade]

Results at block level...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/04/nyregion/mayor-vote.html?th&emc=th

Muy excellante

[Sam Spade]

Btw, if you want to have some fun - the NYC has ED maps here down to the block

My ED went from 71-23 Bloomberg (2009) to 60-33 Bloomberg (2009).

It voted 87-12 Obama in 2008 and a couple of percent less for Kerry in 2004.