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Eric Adams: “Less than. It was about close to a million. Now we went a…”

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Eric Adams Discusses New York City Mayoral Race Against Azoran Mamdani

Published | Video Starts at 11:12

Now you're seeing an energy that I've never witnessed before in politics. How many people showed up to vote the last time you had in 2000? And I think one. How many showed up? 20, 21? Less than. It was about close to a million. Now we went a million plus. I think it was around 900 or something. Thousand. Okay, so I'm looking at this right now. New York city mayoral race, November 2nd of 2021. General election. Out of 4,911,000 registered voters, 1.149 ballots were casted. Yes, 23.4%. (11:12–11:21)

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Asserts that voter turnout was close to a million in a past election.

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