Predictions re: Tuesday's Crown Heights City Council election.

Not sure on number of voters or breakout but I will say that if this election can be predicted based on social media support, it’ll be Jabari by a landslide. I’m seeing Jabari everywhere on Twitter and crickets from Laurie. Unclear if she is even trying to turn her voters out to the polls. Again, this is based on just a limited view of social media but Jabari seems to have all of the momentum. Perhaps Laurie doesn’t think this will be a contest? Regardless, very curious to see the results come in tomorrow.

whynot_31 said:

My sense is that social media is a very poor indicator of political support, especially in a district like ours. This is all about church appearances and senior center funding. My sense is that the turnout will be really low, but that is who will turn out.

Meanwhile, people over on the PLG Facebook group are chatting all about Brian Cunningham vs. Matthieu Eugene over in District 40...It'll be interesting to see what happens there.

Looks like Laurie Cumbo is going to win with around two thirds of the vote. Over 20,000 votes cast in total, which is pretty impressive considering how miserable the weather was today. I got completely drenched on my way to and from voting.

The primaries are definitely the most important. I try to vote in the general election for ballot initiatives and to vote the Working Families Party line. Other than that it's a fairly perfunctory exercise in trying to set a good example for all those people who say it doesn't matter whether you vote or not. The same reason I bit the bullet and voted for Hillary after supporting Bernie in the primary. Sometimes you have to model what a responsible adult looks like.