DEP Invoice or Financial Record, September 30, 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

crrer.... VOTERS' SURVEY

Mayor’s Race

Percentage of candidate's votes coming from each category. WHITE BLACK HISPANIC OTHER

FERRER GREEN HEVESI VALLONE

WHITE BLACk HISPANIC OTHER

«mONAL COMPARISONS :Percentage of candidate’s votes coming from each borough. STATEN BRONX BROOKLYN MANHATTAN QUEENS ISLAND

FERRER green HEVESI g VALLONE g BRONX BROOKLYN MANHATTAN QUEENS STATEN ISLAND

Based on questionnaires filled out by 1,097 voters in New York City as they exited the Democratic Primary on Tuesday.

Source: Edison Media Research the results. The Board of Elections Council — because the city’s term Green is best positioned to pick up linTits law has forced an exodus of most of the votes that went to Mr. said the official results for all races might not be completed before Sun­ incumbents. And the election sig­ Hevesi and Mr. Vallone. Nearly 60 naled, or so it seemed, the end of Mr. percent of Mr. Hevesi’s supporters, day. and about 50 percent of Mr. Vallone’s The primary came on an intermit­ Giuliani’s era in New York. supporters, said they would support tently rainy day in New York. Voters A Democratic runoff would take Mr. Green over Mr. Ferrer. trickled to the polls along streets place over the next 16 days; the vote draped with American flags, and is on Oct, 11, a Thursday. Each of the On the Republican side, Mr. Democrats would be allowed to Bloomberg, standing in front of an past memorials of candles and post­ American flag, declared that the ers, some of which were streaked spend an additional $2.6 million on pause in campaigning that took place blurry by the rain. hisr runoff campaign. because of the attack on the World The campaign headquarters last In normal times, the fact that the Trade Center was about to come to night — usually a place of loud Democratic primary has apparently an end. And he argued that he was bands, balloons, banners, bustling come down to two candidates com­ best suited, given his experience in bars, cheering and blaring television peting for a nomination that has his­ business, to rebuild New York. sets, at least on the winners’ side — torically been tantamount to winning “My experience has prepared me were relatively sedate, reflecting the mayoralty itself would presage a for these rough and difficult days these strange times. Mr. Bloomberg fierce two weeks of campaigning. ahead,” Mr. Bloomberg said. Mr. Ba­ did not even rent a ballroom. Instead, Democrats outnumber Republicans dillo conceded about 11:30 last night. he delivered a victory speech from in New York by six to one, and Mr. In another sign of Mr. Giuliani’s his campaign headquarters on East Green last night described the even­ popularity, in the Republican prima­ 56th street. Rather than a platform tual Democratic nominee as “the filled with television cameras, there presumptive next mayor,” a charac­ ry there were indications that many terization that Mr. Bloomberg would voters had decided to write in a was only one, providing a feed to all candidate. Those votes will not be interested television stations. probably dispute. tallied immediately, but it is most This was, in the context of New But both Mr. Green and Mr. Fer­ likely that the name most written in York’s history, an unusually signifi­ rer have proven to be mild candi­ was Mr. Giuliani’s. cant election even before the attack dates already this year. And there on Sept 11. New Yorkers are electing will be resistance to the two of them The unofficial early results were changing their tone, assuming there slow in being reported last night, in virtually an entirely new city govern­ ment — mayor, public advocate, city is a runoff. Aides to both said it would part because the terrorist attack had be unseemly, during such bleak damaged the computer system used comptroller and most of the City times, to engage in politics as usual. by the Police Department to report

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