NYC Mayor's Race: Adams claims he'll register 1M new voters in general election effort to overcome Mamdani [View all]

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday boldly pledged to register one million new voters for the general election as part of his independent bid to overcome Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani — who won the primary in part by registering tens of thousands of new voters.

Adams said he can win his tough general re-election battle, after sitting out the Democratic primary, by essentially mimicking Mamdani’s turnout strategy, which helped the democratic socialist Assembly member beat the presumed primary frontrunner — former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The mayor charged that Cuomo lost the primary because he “underestimated the unregistered voter.”

“We’re going to register a million new voters,” Adams said during a Tuesday morning Fox Business interview. “We’re going to allow the 91% of New Yorkers to come out and voice what they want our city to look like. Only 9% voted in the primary, 91% have yet to communicate.”

The mayor appeared to be referring to the relatively small number of registered voters who cast ballots in a city of nearly 8.5 million people.




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