How many votes were cast in your neighborhood?
Actual voting: Less than 15% in Brooklyn
Reactions for and against our most recent U.S. President have generally increased the national registration and voter turnout. And even the traditional Brooklyn Democratic stronghold, while stronger post-Trump, might have trouble bringing the number of registered voters beyond the 2017 levels of 58.3 percent of the general Brooklyn population.
A significant part of the population goes about daily life believing that one’s politics, like faith and sexual preferences, are most comfortably kept private. But the modern world of social media and non-stop cable talking heads have produced a new vigorous activism and public expression. How it will affect local races in Brooklyn and the citywide mayoral turnout remains to be seen.
Examining the most recent mayoral election in 2017, viewed through the turnout in each Brooklyn Councilmanic district, gives a snapshot for comparison, and sheds some light. For example, in the last mayoral election, only 58.3 percent of the population was registered to vote.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.