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New York City’s mayoral election is shaping up to be a generational battle at the ballot box, with older voters continuing to drive heavy turnout as younger voters show up in increasing numbers.

A total of 297,718 cast their ballots through the end of day Tuesday, according to Board of Elections data. That surpasses the 169,879 people who voted early during the entire nine-day period four years ago, a sign of an unusually competitive general election and an engaged electorate.

Voters 55 and older curr

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