More than a quarter-million New Yorkers have already cast ballots in the 2025 NYC mayoral general election — and most of them appear to be Democrats and/or older, according to an amNewYork analysis of unofficial early voting data.

That would seem to provide good news for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a 67-year-old registered Democrat now running an independent campaign, who has consistently led among older voters in recent polls. The frontrunner in the race — Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old Democratic party nominee — has had younger voters firmly in his corner in those same surveys.

Of the roughly 223,268 New Yorkers who have voted early between Oct. 25-27, 74% were registered Democrats, according to preliminary data from the New York City Board of Elections (BOE). Nearly 13%

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