In New York many voters simply stayed home.

Going in to last week’s “most consequential election in our life time,” the conventional wisdom was that there are more Democrats than Republicans and that a big turnout would elect Kamala.

That conventional wisdom maybe true, but at least here in New York the turnout was lousy.

Which has to be considered when talking only about percentages.

Only looking at percentages, Trump performed better than any Republican at the top of the ticket since 1988. In New York City, he claimed 30 percent of the vote — nearly double his share in 2016.

On the other hand, , turnout in New York was WAY down.

Percentages may conceal more than they reveal.

New York Focus looked at the turnout numbers.

Statewide turnout was just under 58 percent this year, down from over 61 percent in 2020. New York was in the bottom 10 states for voter turnout nationally.

Kamala Harris received some 900,000 fewer votes in New York than Joe Biden did in 2020. Trump increased his total by 200,000 votes. That’s a smaller increase than he saw from 2016 to 2020.

In other words, New York Democrats didn’t become Republicans. They stayed home.

How much was Kamala’s role in supporting Israel’s war on Palestine reflected in her low vote numbers in New York?

Over 50,000 voters left the presidential field on their ballots blank. That number was greater than voted blank during the “Leave It Blank” campaign in the Democratic primary.