New York’s presidential primary on Tuesday was about as low-stakes as an election can get. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump had clinched their respective parties’ presidential nominations weeks ago, and their only opponents on the ballot have long since withdrawn from the race.
As a result, the turnout was anemic. Statewide, about 5.1% of New York’s registered Democrats (294,147 of 5,778,841 voters) and about 5.8% of New York’s registered Republicans (155,628 of 2,695,185 voters) bothered to cast a ballot in the primaries, according to preliminary results from the state Board of Elections.