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19 Aug, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Eric Adams would have defeated Maya Wiley by 10 points, 54.9 to 45.1, if she had reached the final round of ranked choice balloting in the NYC Democratic primary, per ballot-level data published by the NYCBOE
Though interestingly, Wiley would have narrowly edged out Garcia, 50.6 to 49.4 -- with way more undervotes, at 24% of ballots -- in a hypothetical Wiley v. Garcia final round
I should note that NYC BOE has only published the raw data, and my analysis doesn't *exactly* replicate the original result. The difference is only a few hundred votes (attached), so I don't think it affects the analysis. Overvotes or late affidavits may be a factor
It's worth noting, btw, that we came pretty close to the scenario where Wiley ousted Garcia, only to lose to Adams, but then we find out today that Garcia would have won!

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