The results from the Governor’s race in New York were never really in doubt, incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo seemed like a lock from the very start. The big question was how well would some of the state’s minor parties fare?
New York’s fusion system allows parties to cross-endorse candidates, a common practice in the state for many years. The Conservative and Working Families Party occasionally run their own nominees, but more often than not they cross endorse the Republican and Democratic candidates, respectively. But the Green Party always looks for their own candidates.
In order to become or remain qualified, a party must poll at least 50,000 votes on their ballot line in the governor’s race. This year, the major parties worked to organize two parties to support their own candidates. Doing this allows the voters to select a candidate but also show support for their issues.
The Women’s Equality Party and Stop Common Core party qualified for a line.
The Green Party’s Howie Hawkins greatly improved on his 2010 showing and easily secured another 4 years as a qualified party with a ballot line.
Ballot lines are organized by the number of votes their gubernatorial candidate received. In upstate New York the party lines are printed top to bottom on the ballot. In New York City, they are printed left to right and will now take two rows.
Here are the results from the certified New York Board of Elections:
UPDATED 12/15/2014
1. Cuomo/Hochul (DEMOCRAT) – 1,811,672 votes
2. Astorino/Moss (REPUBLICAN) – 1,234,951 votes
3. Astorino/Moss (CONSERVATIVE) – 250,634 votes
4. Hawkins/Jones (GREEN) – 184,419 votes
5. Cuomo/Hochul (WORKING FAMILIES) – 126,244 votes
6. Cuomo/Hochul (INDEPENDENCE) – 77,763 votes
7. Cuomo/Hochul (WOMEN’S EQUALITY) – 53,802 votes
8. Astorino/Moss (STOP COMMON CORE) – 51,294 votes
Cuomo/Hochul Total - 2,069,480 votes
Astorino/Moss Total - 1,536,879
These parties failed to become a qualify party with a ballot line:
McDermott/Eles (Libertarian) - 16,967 votes
Cohn/Kalotee (Sapient) - 4,963 votes
The active registered voters in New York is 10,827,434.
The total votes, including write-ins and blank entries = 3,930,314.
This represent only 36% of the electorate taking part in our democracy or is this a combination of "None of the Above" or "My Vote Doesn't Count"?
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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2 comments:
Why did you omit the Libertarian and Sapient Party gubernatorial totals?
I was only showing the parties that received the vote total that qualified them for a ballot line. I will add the others. Thanks.
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