US, New York primary: Eric Adams ahead as mayoral candidate

Eric Adams, the former cop who vowed to fight the rise in crime in New York, was the candidate with the most first-choice preferences in the Democratic primary that took place yesterday to decide Bill de Blasio’s successor. driving the Big Apple. But the 60-year-old president of the borough of Brooklyn, who would become the second first African-American mayor of New York if elected, did not reach 50%, stopping at around 31%, and therefore now the count will proceed with the ’rounds’ provided by the system. of preferences that New York has chosen to adopt in these crowded primary. According to the ranked-choice system, voters were able to choose five different candidates, from the first choice onwards: in the first ballot, only the first choices were therefore counted, now the others will be counted in rounds, with a complicated system that will last weeks. The final results are in fact scheduled for July 12, despite this, faced with the advantage recorded in the first count, Adams’ entourage said that if in the end the candidate who obtained the most preferences as first choice does not win, there would be a risk of a violation of the rights of voters. “I assure the voters that no one will steal my election,” said the former policeman. Based on the first count, there are two other candidates who can hope to ‘overtake’ Adams in the next rounds, when the others are also considered. voters’ choices: human rights lawyer Maya Willey and former city councilor Kathryn Garcia. While Andrew Yang finished fourth, down candidate in the 2020 dem primary, who admitted defeat, the duel in the Republican field, where only two were competing for a flag candidacy in a solidly democrat city like New York. According to projections, talk show host Curtis Silwa who did not support Donald Trump in the last election, defeated Fernando Mateo, a fervent businessman who was a fervent supporter of the former president and his alleged electoral victory last November.