Working Families, Conservative Parties Do Well in 2013 New York City Mayoral Election

Posted on by November 10, 2013
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Both the Working Families Party and the Conservative Party did comparatively well in the November 5, 2013 New York city Mayoral election. The Working Families Party polled 3.95% for its nominee, Bill DeBlasio, who was also the Democratic nominee. This was the highest percentage of the vote the Working Families Party has ever received for Mayor of New York city. Here are the incomplete results for each party in that race.

In 2009, the WFP had polled 2.41% for William C. Thompson, who was also the Democratic nominee. In 2005 the WFP did not run anyone for Mayor. In 2001 the WFP polled 2.20% for Mark Green, who was also the Democratic nominee.

Also in 2013, the Conservative Party did well, compared to the recent past. In 2013 it polled 2.27% for Joe Lhota, who was also the Republican nominee. This was the first time the Conservative Party had cross-endorsed the Republican mayoral nominee since 1985.

In 2009, the Conservative percentage for Mayor, for Stephen Christopher, was 1.56%. In 2005, it was 1.13% for Thomas Ognibene. In 2001, it was .24% for Terrance M. Gray. In 1997 it had no candidate. In 1993 it received .53% for George Marlin. In 1989 it received .51% for Ron Lauder. In 1985, it cross-endorsed the Republican nominee, Diane McGrath, and got 1.99%. In 1981, for its own nominee, John Esposito, it got 4.92%. In 1977, for its own nominee, Barry Farber, it got 4.00%. In 1973, for its own nominee, Mario Biaggi, it got 10.96%. In 1969, it cross-endorsed Republican nominee John Marchi and got 8.91%. Most famously, in 1965, its first Mayoral candidate, William F. Buckley, got 13.35%. Thanks to Mike Drucker for the link to the 2013 returns by party.

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Use of Straight-Lever Device for Independent Candidates, Continues to Generate Discussion

Posted on by November 10, 2013
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At the November 5, 2013 election, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, gave the independent candidates their own straight-ticket device, and considered every candidate with that label to be the nominee of the Independent Party. This policy continues to generate discussion; see this lengthy article about the matter.

New York Daily News Story on Independence Party

Posted on by November 9, 2013
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The New York Daily News, which has long been hostile to the Independence Party of New York, has this story about the party’s showing in the New York city mayoral race of November 5, 2013. The Independence Party’s candidate, Adolfo Carrion, placed third in the race, but the story focuses on the fact that he only got eight-tenths of 1% of the total vote.

At this point no one knows how many votes were cast on the Working Families line for the Democratic Mayoral nominee, and no one knows how many votes were cast on the Conservative Party’s line for the Republican nominee. New York election officials do not release any vote totals until the results are complete and official. Therefore, all election returns on election night are from the media, and New York media never bother to get the votes cast on each party line when they do the election night report.

Therefore, it is difficult to completely analyze the Independence Party’s showing, because the election returns for some of the other ballot-qualified parties in the Mayoral race aren’t known yet. Thanks to Nancy Hanks for the link.