Here's How Bayside Voted For Mayor Of NYC — So Far

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — The only votes that have been counted in the city's mayoral primary so far are in-person voters' first-ranked picks, but these unofficial results still give a strong sense of which candidates Bayside voters favor.

Andrew Yang is the strongest candidate in the neighborhood, winning about 29 percent of first-choice votes. Kathryn Garcia is second at 23.6 percent, followed by Eric Adams at 17.9 percent. Maya Wiley is in fourth with just over 10 percent of the vote.

These totals show that Baysiders' preferences for mayor differ from the rest of the city's.

Bayside mayoral race: unofficial first-choice results

The most popular candidate in the neighborhood is Yang, who conceded the Democratic primary on Tuesday night, after Election Night polling showed him in fourth place with about 11.7 percent of the vote.

As of Wednesday, Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President, led the citywide race with about 32 percent of first-place votes, compared to his third-place showing in Bayside.

Wiley also performed worse in Bayside compared to her citywide ranking, where she came in second at 22.2 percent.

Garcia, who was in third place citywide at 19.5 percent, did slightly better in Bayside, coming in second place.

Yang's popularity in Bayside is not surprising, since some of his strongest support leading up to the election came from eastern Queens neighborhoods, including Bayside and Douglaston, which are know to have more moderate politics.

Wiley's performance in Bayside also follows suit: Wiley, who is seen as the race's progressive frontrunner, performed much better citywide than in the eastern Queens neighborhood.

Bayside's city council races: unofficial first-choice results

The mayor's race was far from the only important contest playing out in the neighborhood.

In the District 19 City Council primary, Tony Avella, a politician who got his start as a City Council Member in Bayside, held an early lead to regain his former City Council seat in the district. As of Wednesday Avella led the early results with 37.1 percent of the vote, trailed closely by Richard Lee at 29.9 percent, and Austin Shafran at 20 percent.

In the District 23 City Council primary, Linda Lee, a non-profit leader, maintained a narrow, early lead as the first-choice with 31.2 percent of the early vote. Jaslin Kaur trailed closely behind her with 26.3 percent of the vote.

The unofficial results from the mayoral race and city council contests consist only of the first-choice votes cast in Bayside during early voting and on Tuesday.

The shape of the race could change significantly once absentee ballots are counted and voters' second through fifth choices are factored into the ranked-choice tabulation: a process that will last into mid-July.

To find results in Bayside, Patch broke down Board of Elections data by Election District, including only the districts completely within the bounds of the neighborhood: between Fort Totten Park and the Long Island Expressway to the north and south, and Francis Lewis Boulevard and the Cross Island Parkway to the east and west.