Tuesday's Primary: Lowest Turnout in NYC History

The New York Times reports:

Though official records are incomplete, it appears that the turnout in Tuesday’s Democratic primary was the lowest in modern New York City history.

Despite pleasant weather and the efforts of candidates who crisscrossed the city for weeks, just 11 percent of enrolled Democrats went to the polls.

The primary was also marked by a political anomaly: more people cast their ballots for public advocate and comptroller than for mayor.

More than 347,000 Democrats voted in Tuesday’s five-way primary for public advocate and more than 352,000 in the four-way race for comptroller, but some 312,000 voted in the mayoral contest.