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New York voters are called upon to vote on the mayoral race on Tuesday, June 22. Republican and Democratic primaries, but Republicans being unpopular in the city, the leading Democratic candidate will have every chance of being elected mayor next November.
With our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki
« I voted for Kathryn Garcia first and Maya Wiley second, confides a voter. I would like a woman to be elected mayor. In this Queens polling station, voters seem to have a clear preference.
Jean-Eric Branaa, lecturer at the University of Paris-II-Panthéon-Assas: “A new system which leaves the game very open”
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But if Catherine Garcia and Maya Wiley are well placed in the polls, it is Eric Adams, a former police captain, who would be at the top of the 13 Democratic candidates in the running. Long given favorite, Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate of 2020, has lost ground in recent weeks.
Rarely has a primary been so contested in New York, where voters have high expectations. ” Get out of the Covid-19 crisis, invest in long forgotten minorities. Everything about the people around us and those who really need help », Hammers a voter.
Rising crime, including shootings, is also a concern for many New Yorkers. ” I wish I could sleep without feeling like I was in a war zone. When it pulls, it’s disturbing! »Complains a voter. ” As an Asian American, with all the violent attacks I am very concerned about safety on the streets », Explains another.
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Struggle between moderates and centrists
The winner of this Democratic primary will logically be elected mayor of this city considered a Democratic stronghold. An internal struggle within the ruling White House party which should ultimately satisfy the centrist wing of this political formation.
« The candidates that stand out, Eric Adams and Catherine Garcia, are two candidates who are alike, who are professionals, who are Biden locally, estimates Jean-Eric Branaa, lecturer at the University of Paris-II-Panthéon-Assas, at the microphone of Romain Lemaresquier, of the International service of RFI. But that doesn’t reflect at all what New York has been like in recent years, especially with Bill de Blazio, who was very progressive. And 30% of New Yorkers were rather in this movement to move towards progressivism and ecology, and a paradigm shift in society. So we’re going to find that more across the United States, east coast and west coast, than in New York this time around. »
Once the polling stations are closed, it will take a few days to know the results of these primaries.
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