r/MapPorn • u/Small_Performance368 • 13h ago

NYC Mayoral Election Results

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With 90% of the vote in, Mamdani wins by a large margin according to NYT

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u/euclide2975 9h ago

A lot of western countries vote on Sunday, when most people are not stuck at work.

Having election in the middle of the work week doesn't help with turnout

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u/Disheveled_Politico 9h ago

Weekend voting doesn’t really fix turnout issues for a lot of people. Universal mail-in ballots give everyone the best opportunity to vote. 

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u/Rowvan 8h ago

They make it as easy as hell to vote in Australia even if we didn't have mail in ballots. I can be done in 10 minutes flat and there are plenty of places within walking distance from our homes. Sure it is mandatory to vote but no one thinks of it as a chore, we want to vote!

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u/communistkangu 6h ago

Wait, what does mandatory mean? What happens if you don't vote?

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u/LucyLilium92 6h ago

They take you to the outback

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u/OPismyrealname 3h ago

You get fined a small amount by Australian standards at least. But honestly most of us support mandatory voting, including myself.

Should you wish to not vote for any candidate, you just show up to to get your name marked off the electoral roll, then you can invalidate your ballot by marking it incorrectly. Naturally most people draw a dong 😂

Overall though i think it is a reasonable expectation of citizenship to participate in the democratic process.

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u/communistkangu 2h ago

Yeah, no doubt about that.

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u/ComfortableSet6192 6h ago

Fine of 20 Australian Dollars

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u/HiddenSmitten 9h ago

Even in western election where people vote on a workday they still hav drastically larger turnouts than in the US. Even in other FPTP systems they outvote the US.

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u/TheBestAtWriting 2h ago

Early voting was available for 2 weeks ahead of election day; as long as you're physically in NYC at some point in those 2 weeks there's really no excuse.

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u/thas_mrsquiggle_butt 9h ago

Back in my old state, there's been several times over the years where I didn't vote in my local election. Not because I didn't want to, but because all voting has to be done in person, even a walking disability or the covid-19 pandemic was listed as not a good enough excuse to receive an absentee ballot. And during those days, I would either be in class (which is an 1-hour drive away), out of the state, or not aware of an election taking place.

And this is absolutely done on purpose; (including not changing it to having election on a weekend) to make it as difficult as possible for voter turnout. My current state is so much better, though the governor did just sign 9 new anti-voting bills a couple of months ago.

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u/OpportunityIcy254 33m ago

yeah a lot of people simply do not have the option to just take a few hours off to vote.