Eric Adams wins NYC Mayor's race
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Wonder if NYC will do a ranked primary again?
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@george-k said in Eric Adams wins NYC Mayor's race:
" Will De Blasio be eeplaced by a cop or a vigilante?"
Adams struggled in Manhattan but the other boroughs were going for him in big numbers. I think how he addresses their needs is what matters.
Manhattan just has to suck it up, maybe they don’t have the pulse of the people.
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“On the same day that Adams' projected victory was announced, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared gun violence a statewide "disaster emergency." To date, New York City has seen 765 shootings in the city, compared to 555 shootings during the same time last year, CBS New York reported. “
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@loki said in Eric Adams wins NYC Mayor's race:
“On the same day that Adams' projected victory was announced, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared gun violence a statewide "disaster emergency." To date, New York City has seen 765 shootings in the city, compared to 555 shootings during the same time last year, CBS New York reported. “
We shouldn’t compare this year’s numbers to last year. They should be compared to 2019…
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This seems like old news to me?
I haven't followed any interim drama, but I remember seeing the initial results and figuring it was too much of a lead to move during the ranked choice rounds.
As for ranked choice voting, I like it in theory in a crowded field. But I think it will ultimately be unpopular. It will mostly not change anything except perhaps add delays, and if/when it does change a result it will be seriously controversial.
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Where I think ranked choice voting really matters is in the event of a statistical tie. I mean when one candidate beats another by a smaller margin than the expected error rate of the system as a whole.
When you have two candidates that are effectively tied (or minuscule # of votes apart), then if their second choice numbers are dramatically different it seems like a valid tiebreaker. Moreso than the vagaries of chance.
