Brooklyn leads record-breaking early voting totals as 2024 presidential election kicks off

Brooklyn led the way in a record-breaking day of early voting on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers cast their ballots for the 2024 general election.

Across New York City, a whopping 140,145 people voted on Oct. 26, the first day of early voting, according to the Board of Elections. That’s more than has ever been recorded on the first day of early voting since it was implemented in 2019.

Brooklyn had the highest number of voters that day, with a total of 40,289 — followed by Manhattan with 38,237, Queens with 31,671, the Bronx with 16,462, and Staten Island with 13,486. The rush continued on Sunday, as an additional 117,702 people cast their ballots across the city. Brooklyn once again came out on top, with 36,744 voters on Oct. 27 for a weekend total of 77,033.

While Brooklyn’s raw numbers were impressive, they represented just about 3% of registered, active voters in the borough. While the overall number of voters elsewhere was lower, about 7% of active voters in Manhattan turned out over the weekend, and 4.9% in Queens.




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