But I'm hearing that donors are calling you and asking you to stay in the race, to stay and run on an independent line. What are your thoughts about that? Well, look, the Democratic primary is always an interesting situation, right? There are about 5 million voters in New York City. There are about 8 million people in New York City, and about 1 million people vote in the Democratic primary. So it's not necessarily representative of the city at large. That's why I qualified for an independent line in November. I did that several months ago because in the general election, more people come out to vote. (01:03–01:14)
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