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Bloomberg's sad sum: Three fourths of enrolled were no-shows

Thursday November 5, 2009 6:47 PM By Dan Janison

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, and former mayor Rudy

Photo credit: AP

Read these figures. What do they tell you -- other than the turnout of eligible voters in the five boroughs kept pace with the region, coming pathetically close to a mere one in four turnout?

Number of votes for the winner in the New York City mayoral election:

1981 -- Ed Koch 912,6221985 -- Ed Koch 862,2661989 -- David Dinkins 917,5441993 -- Rudy Giuliani 930,236

1997 -- Rudy...

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