Chinanews.com, November 3, according to the US "World Journal" report, the New York City municipal public office general election day arrived on the 2nd, and the staff of polling stations in Chinatown said that the number of voters going to vote was slightly smaller and larger than that of the primary election. Part of the voters had already made up their minds before they came to vote, but they didn't know much about the referendum issue.

  Zheng Yongjia, the polling station director of the Chinatown Confucius Building, said that as of 4 pm, there were less than 500 people voting, which is less than the 700 people in the primary election.

He estimated that the number of voters at the end of the primary election will reach 1,000 or more, but this general election is estimated to be difficult to achieve.

Zheng Yongjia said that most voters know who they want to vote this time. "Although this makes our interpretation work less, the intensity of our work has increased because everyone's voting speed has increased."

  Cai Xiaoting, an interpreter of the Confucius Building polling station, also said that the number of voters in the general election at the polling station was not as high as that of the primary election.

He said that although many people voted with confidence, many voters did not understand the five referendum issues.

  He said that the voting enthusiasm of Chinese people has been increasing in recent years. This is due to the community’s years of education. “Why do so many candidates come to the Confucius Building to canvass for votes in every election? ."

  Lillian Bermudez, the polling station of Sun Yat-sen Middle School, said that the number of voters at the polling station as of the afternoon of the 2nd was roughly the same as in the primary election.

The polling station translator Fang Fei, a Chinese musician, said that almost all elderly voters clearly identify the candidate for the mayor, but for unfamiliar positions, such as the mayor of Manhattan, there is an interesting phenomenon. “Many people see Manhattan. The candidate for the Long Democratic Party is Mark Levine. People who don’t understand English think that Li Wen is of Chinese descent, so they choose Li Wen; therefore, everyone still chooses whoever is of Chinese descent."

  Fang Fei also participated in the translation work of polling stations during the presidential election last year. He said that this time the number of voters was significantly less than that of the presidential election. "Of course, the presidential election is hotter, and voters are enthusiastic about voting. It is understandable; but the overall feeling is that the Chinese people in Manhattan participate in politics. Not strong, not as good as the Flushing area." (He Zhaoyu)