Talk:2013 New York City mayoral election

article organization
I wonder about distinguishing between declared and potential and between either and declined.

Between declared and undeclared (assuming potential but not declared is the same as undeclared, a common term), the problem is that frontrunners usually delay declaring while those who are behind usually declare early. The N.Y.C. Campaign Finance Board (with jurisdiction over the Mayoral and some other races) I think does not consider having declared a legal necessity, although presumably the N.Y.C. Board of Elections does, but I think only when petitioning begins, which is fairly late. The political reason is that one who is behind can get press attention by declaring while a frontrunner gets press attention anyway and, being a frontrunner considered as running anyway, if asked an inconvenient policy or political question, can respond that they're focused on doing their best at their current job, a dodge they can't use once they declare. It also avoids a credibility problem: if they can't raise enough money early to justify running to victory, they don't have to withdraw.

As to declinations, there are two kinds: with and without wiggle room. Declining with a clear statement of why they'd lose is a more sincere declination; Condoleezza Rice, James Carville, and Colin Powell have given those (Condi said she hadn't run before, at least not as an adult, James said he had bounced a few checks in college, and Colin said his wife didn't want him to run because he might get shot and that she had suffered depression in the past) and none of them subsequently ran. Someone in politics saying they're not thinking of the Presidency or the Mayoralty or that it's premature for such a discussion is less believable.

Unfortunately, I don't have citations for this. In the meantime, what I suggest is making the boundaries fuzzier in the explanations. Sources may exist in the form of attributable news analyses.

I haven't checked articles on other campaigns, but probably the same problems apply to any similar classifications.

Nick Levinson (talk) 15:12, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

The article did not include the date of the primary. I added it in the intro section and referenced an official site, but there is probably a more appropriate (durable) link to cite. I don't have much experience with the reference templates. :) Bassomatic (talk) 18:55, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Can we please organize the page like the 2009 New York City mayoral election? New York City mayoral election, 2009 It is so much clearer to see all of the actual running candidates right at the top of the article. Then the next section down would be "withdrew, declined" etc. It is confusing to see the first mention of Adolfo Carrion directly under "withdrawn" even though he is running, only under the Independence Party rather than the Republican. Geedubzzz (talk) 18:16, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Rudy Giuliani cannot decline because...
He is term limited, he did his 2 terms (8 years) and that's it. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 02:47, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I also want to add that I believe when the City Council changed the rules about the terms that only applied to those who were already in office. Anyone previous to that was bound and term limited to the original two years limit. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 05:06, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * According to this source here, the city's charter would allow him to run because enough time has passed between his last term and the start of a (very) hypothetical second one. Tiller54 (talk) 14:32, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Partisan Edit Wars
This page will, for obvious reasons, probably heat up in an edit war soon. Accurate citations will be important. Most recently, Kevin P. Coenen Jr.'s candidacy was removed from the Democratic party declared list without explanation. His candidacy is confirmed and sourced by the NYC Campaign Finance Board. If this is going to be contested, please supply evidence for this - not an unjustified deletion to keep out a lesser known candidate. Liu and de Blasio, for example, have not formally declared candidacy according to the NYCCFB. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.235.2 (talk) 03:44, 9 March 2013 (UTC) continued partisan deletion of candidates...


 * If you abuse the helpme template again you may be blocked from editing. gwickwire  talk editing 03:25, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I assume you refer to this edit? The sources given for that candidate didn't say he is a 2013 candidate for mayor of New York City; thus the removal seems valid. Huon (talk) 03:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

unauthorized vandalism and deleted talk and edit records by apparent partisan parties
On March 20 and 21 2013 there was a partisan effort to erase the bios of Walter Iwachiw a declared candidate for nyc mayor, especially during the two debates one at CUNY Baruch on march 20 and the 92 st Y on march 21 2013 in an effort to devert contributions to there own accounts. Please identify how people can made changes and block edits during critical times? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwachiw2001 (talk • contribs) 03:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC) The erasure of Walter Iwachiw as a candidate continues..please report the partisan responsible, verify andidacy at http://www.nyccfb.info/candidates/... "Walter Iwachiw, RN SPNP SFNP,Businessman, owner of WNIS Companies (Telecom, Telemedicine, Assisted Living, Nursing/Hospital Facilities, Oil/Gas Exploration, Internet, Power/Internet Infrastructure, Personal/Computer Security, Infrastructure, Residential/Commercial/Manufacturing Developmen, Solar/Fuel Cell/Nuclear Power Generation, Space Business Enterprises, Contract vendor to NYC Brd of Education, Contract Vendor to NYS BOCES). First Responder to WTC injured, Common Law Wife Roxanne RN also first responder but deceased from injuries, Step sister in Common Law Diane of NYS Dept of Taxaton Deceased. Awarded 496 Million WTC URIR Grant for fiber restoral and istalation below canal st. Initial awardee of MTA Cellular WIFI RFP, Hudson Yards high Bidder, Port Authority 2001 WTC 99 year lease high bidder, MTA bidder for commuter wifi, http://www.nyccfb.info/candidates/  http://www.iwachiw4mayor.net"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.65.254.100 (talk) 13:18, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not about YOU. Please stop vandalising the page by adding unsourced claims about yourself. Only notable candidates with a third party reference are listed on this page. Your apparent self-declared candidacy meets none of those requirements. If you persist in vandalising the page, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you, Tiller54 (talk) 18:44, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree with Tiller54. Please stop adding yourself to this page. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:46, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I disagree. The "Wikipedia is not about YOU" guidelines do mention self-promotion, but the section is clearly titled "Declared Candidates," and to choose not to include some declared candidates on the basis of their popularity creates problems with NPOV. I can see that this individual would not have his own page, or even further mention in this article, but a source from the NYC Campaign Finance Board is actually a more authoritative reference for declared candidacy than the sources that have been used for the more prominent candidates. If you are going to censor him, the whole validity of the "Declared" sections is going to be called into question.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.79.125.242 (talk) 12:32, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

(talk) please chaeck for yourself the nyc campaign finance board list of candidates http://www.nyccfb.info/candidates/ any further reference to false facts will be prosecuted. Walter Iwachiw RN SPNP SFNP is a candidate for NYC Mayor 2013. ([user talk: iwachiw2001|talk]]) 25 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwachiw2001 (talk • contribs)
 * Prosecuted? By the cyber police? Tiller54 (talk) 19:26, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I will not revert you again, it is pointless to continue doing so when you ignore me and the several other editors who have asked you to stop doing so. Tiller54 (talk) 19:32, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Mr. Iwachiw: Perhaps people might want to review an article in the NY Daily News from June, 2009, in which he claimed that NYC "owed" him over a billion and half dollars after some flooding. To wit:

"But that didn't stop the software creator from filing a claim for $1,600,046,273 with the city controller's office. The sum estimates the contents, including business proposals and court papers, of his basement home office on 41st St. (in Queens)." wiki-ny-2007 (talk) 03:48, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Tiller54 (talk) 10:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

So after all that, Walter N. Iwachiw polled no votes at all. Mr. Iwachiw, didn't you even vote for yourself? Tiller54 (talk) 19:59, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Federal indictments, April 2, 2013
I just added a couple of lines about the Federal indictments of a half dozen NYC area politicians, which included candidate Smith. I stuck it at the end but it might deserve higher placement.

Oh, and my thanks to the person who wrote about the Wilson Pakula law. That knowledge came in handy today... wiki-ny-2007 (talk) 22:47, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Reform Party Candidate
According to www.reformparty.org, the Reform Party is throwing Carl Person into the race. Thewolfman456 (talk) 16:32, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Democratic Nominee
As of Saturday September 14, there is no official nominee for the Democrats. Although de Blasio won the primary with 40.3% of the votes thus surpassing the 40% threshold to avoid a runoff, those results are only from 99% of the precincts and don't include the early voting ballots. A runoff may still be held especially if Thompson continues to refuse to concede.

The Democratic candidate on the front page should therefore list TBD (to be determined) until it is known whether a runoff will be held. Here are some quotes:

"Mr. Thompson is hoping that when the dust settles, Bill de Blasio, who currently has 40.3 percent of the Democratic votes tallied, falls below 40 percent.

That would force a runoff — unless Mr. Thompson concedes, as party leaders, seeking unity, are pressing him to do." - New York Times, September 13.

"De Blasio, the city's public advocate, is hovering around 40 percent of the vote, which is needed to avoid an Oct. 1 runoff. On Monday, elections officials will add thousands of absentee, special and affidavit ballots to the total tally." - The Associated Press via 7Online.com/WABC-TV, September 14. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bsox59 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Completely agree calling it for De Blasio is jumping the gun and misinformation though it's probably what will happen it just hasn't happened yet. John D. Rockerduck (talk) 02:17, 15 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I didn't follow the saga of Bill Thompson's possible challenge and later withdrawal closely from out of state, but the returns reported by the Board of Elections on Friday, September 27th, show Bill de Blasio with 40.81% of the vote (as I compute from 282,344 out of 691,801 total votes), solidly above 40.00%, although not so far above as to nullify every possible combination of potential doubts. See http://vote.nyc.ny.us/html/results/results.shtml, specifically this PDF of the Democratic mayoral primary —— Shakescene (talk) 08:24, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Ordering of candidates in infobox
This isn't a big deal overall, but I had thought that the first listed candidate is affiliated with the incumbent party. As the current mayor is an independent, this does not hold sway. If there are no incumbent parties in play, then showing candidates alphabetically by surname is seemingly the rule. The current ordering seems to defy this reasonable approach. If there is _any_ precedent for the current ordering, I'm open-minded to consider it. If there isn't, we should go back to ordering by surname. I certainly hope that the current ordering isn't being selected for superficial partisan reasons. I would support incumbent/surname-abc ordering no matter the race. Stevie is the man! Talk &bull; Work 19:10, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Generally, the infobox should be ordered with the incumbent party nominee first, and maybe that still holds here because Bloomberg was first elected as a Republican, before being reelected as an independent. In this case, maybe de Blasio should come first, or at least be put first after his victory (if he wins, but hey we don't really need a WP:CRYSTAL ball to predict this one). – Muboshgu (talk) 19:20, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit late with seeing (and replying) to this, but the Republican nominee for Mayor in 2009 was Bloomberg. Thus, the GOP candidate, Lhota, came first. Tiller54 (talk) 15:42, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Terminology requiring explanation
It would be better to reply by improving the article with definitions for the benefit of readers in general, most of whom are not New Yorkers, than merely by answering here. — O'Dea (talk) 08:37, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) Candidates are defined in the article as Declared, Withdrew, and Declined. What does Declined mean? Did citizens decline to run as candidates when invited, or were their candidacies declined owing to a technicality – or what?
 * 2) What is Hypothetical polling as distinct from the usual opinion polling?

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Turnout?
I think the turnout percentage is inaccurate. Turnout is number of votes divided by number of eligible voters. I think the turnout percentage in this article is number of votes divided by total population.