Turnout was way up in the first two days of early voting over the weekend, with voters over 55 making up a majority of overall voters.

Data showed 164,190 voters cast ballots Saturday and Sunday. That’s five times higher than the first weekend of early voting four years ago, when Eric Adams, then the Democratic nominee, was heavily favored to become mayor.

The weekend turnout also far eclipsed the turnout from the first two days of early voting in the June primary, when 66,631 voters cast ballots.

Voters ages 55 and older made up just over 50% of the early voting turnout, marking a dramatic shift from the Democratic primary when younger voters, ages 25 to 34, dominated turnout during early voting , according to an analysis of voter data obtained by Gothamist.

Voters ages 25 to 34 mak

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