New Yorkers began casting their ballots this weekend in this year’s second primary election, which will decide races for state Senate and Congress. Gothamist spoke to voters in the closely contested 10th and 12th districts.
“For me, I always try to vote in the primaries. You can't skip your state and local representations, I feel pretty strongly about the Senate race. I liked all the candidates, but in the end, I thought I have to just go vote for the one I'm used to, and who is on all the right issues. It was a tough choice.
When I was younger, I didn't care about the primaries as much. The first primary I really got involved in was the one on September 11th, for the city mayoral election. And I did go to the polls, after all, but obviously something delayed that. I realized the importance of voting in the primary then because you really do have to support your choice. But, I think young people don't really see the importance of the state government as much.
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