“There isn't any front-runner,” mentioned George Fontas, the founding father of Fontas Advisors, who sponsored the ballot and mentioned that he's u
“There isn’t any front-runner,” mentioned George Fontas, the founding father of Fontas Advisors, who sponsored the ballot and mentioned that he’s unaffiliated within the race. “It’s an open race. We don’t know what’s going to occur within the subsequent three months, and if historical past reveals us something, it’s that three months is an eternity in a New York Metropolis election.”
The ballot did present some early leaders. Solely two candidates registered double-digit assist: Andrew Yang, the previous presidential candidate, at 16 p.c, and Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, at 10 p.c. Maya D. Wiley, a former MSNBC analyst and ex-counsel to Mayor Invoice de Blasio, was at 6 p.c; Scott M. Stringer, town comptroller, received 5 p.c; a former Citi govt, Raymond J. McGuire, obtained four p.c; and Shaun Donovan, the previous federal housing secretary, Kathryn Garcia, town’s former sanitation commissioner, and Dianne Morales, a former nonprofit govt, every received 2 p.c.
New York mayoral races have damaged late in different years, and plenty of campaigns and strategists count on the competition to speed up in earnest in late spring, when extra candidates, and presumably impartial expenditure committees, begin spending on tv advertisements. A collection of debates, starting in Might, may also focus consideration on the competition.
As voters more and more tune in, they’re discovering that along with deciding on their favourite candidate, they have to additionally suppose by way of the brand new ranked-choice voting system, which allows them to specific a choice for as much as 5 candidates. And a few voters, accustomed to September primaries, are additionally readjusting to the June timeframe.
“When you may have that many candidates, it’s exhausting to know what to do, after which, after all, ranked-choice voting,” mentioned Gale A. Brewer, the Manhattan borough president. “I feel they’re very confused about attempting to do the appropriate factor. The folks I speak to wish to do the appropriate factor, they really feel town wants numerous good management.”