How We Voted

Queens went for Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a big way last week, giving the incumbent the second-largest borough vote percentage (64 percent) in the city to GOP-heavy Staten Island (77 percent).
Within Queens, the 26th and 28th Assembly Districts of Bayside and Forest Hills, respectively, broke the elusive 80-percent marks for the mayor. Even in areas where Bloomberg didn’t win easily, he gained from four years ago. In the 32nd Assembly District in Jamaica, where Mark Green outpaced Bloomberg 13,150 to 5,300 last time, it was dead even at 7,800 apiece this year.
In an election with more than 100,000 fewer Queens votes than the post 9/11 race in 2001, the mayor managed to come within 23,000 votes of his previous total (216,000 to 193,000). That was good enough for the mayor’s second-largest borough total (Brooklyn led the way at 213,000, a huge increase from 174,000 Bloomberg votes there in 2001).
Ferrer had one of his best showings outside the Bronx in the 39th District in Corona and Jackson Heights. Ferrer and his team spent many rush hours electioneering at the 74th Street station there, and it seems the strategy worked in the Hispanic-rich area.
Ferrer tallied 98,000 votes in Queens – down from Green’s 162,000 in 2001.
The unofficial 2005 vote total in Queens so far is 284,658, down from 390,500 four years ago.
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