Voter Turnout In New York — How Low Will We Go?

This past Election Day in New York City, only 23 percent of registered voters voted in the mayoral election surpassing the record low voter turnout of 24 percent set during the 2013 municipal election.  In a city with over five million registered voters, a little over one million cast a ballot.  The decades-old downward slide in voter participation continues.  How low can we go? Think about this, in 1953, 2.2 million residents of New York City voted on Election Day.

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