New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday for their second primary in two months.
Politicos predict historically low turnout. Not only are voters confused about why, after they voted on June 28, they have to vote again, but it’s altogether the wrong time for a primary. In New York State, where school doesn’t start until after Labor Day, the last week in August is all about cookouts, beach vacations, and the last moments to enjoy summer.
Estimates of turnout for primaries in Congressional and State Senate races run as low as 10 percent. Twenty percent is average for a primary, and it’s pretty good if more than 20 percent show up, said Carl Calabrese, a retired political consultant. He understands elections first hand: he was elected Town Supervisor of Tonawanda, one of Buffalo’s more populous suburbs, serving eight years, and later was deputy to Erie County’s elected county executive….