More New Yorkers voted last year than in any mayoral election since 1969

Remember the 2025 New York City elections? The juggernaut campaign of Zohran Mamdani matched up against the Andrew Cuomo brand name transformed New York’s voting class, producing a surge in voter registration more typical of a presidential election year, spiking the voter turnout in both the primary and general elections, and juicing the number of voters under 40 who participated. At 2.2 million voters, overall general election voter turnout was higher than any city election since John Lindsay was reelected mayor in 1969. Almost 42% of registered voters turned out last year.

The 2025 voting figures are examined in the new Voter Analysis Report from the city’s Campaign Finance Board, the nonpartisan agency that educates voters and dispenses matching funds.

“The fact that general election turnout so far exceeded the last two citywide elections is really exciting in terms of just trying to make it more easy and accessible for more New Yorkers to participate,” said Amy Lebowitz, director of public relations at the Campaign Finance Board.

Here are some major takeaways from the report.



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