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As New Yorkers cast their ballots in the Nov. 5 general election, they cited various reasons why they felt the need to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican former President Donald Trump.

Voters on both sides of the political spectrum took to the polls in droves on Tuesday to have their voices heard in an election that both major political parties have framed as pivotal. As of 3 p.m. on Nov. 5, more than 2 million New Yorkers had voted in the general election, including both those who voted early and cast their ballots on Election Day.

Those who came out to vote for Harris said they chose her because she would be the first woman to hold office, uphold democracy, and bring competence to the job.

Danielle Stouck, who voted at MS 51 in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, said that as the mother of a young daughter, she wanted to vote for Harris as the first woman president.

“This is a hugely consequential election, and I wanted my daughter to vote for, hopefully, our next female president,” she told Brooklyn Paper, amNewYork’s sister publication. “My hope is that we get to elect a woman, black, Asian woman who can be a role model for my baby and who can make this world a little bit better.”

In Manhattan, Remi Toledo, originally from Columbia, said he voted for Harris because he believes Trump would be a dictator if he were re-elected rather than working within the traditional democratic system.

“I feel like our nation, democracy is under threat,” said Toledo. “I think having a dictator in power is not what America is about.”

Courtney Cogburn said she voted for Harris because she believes the vice president is more competent and has a better temperament than Trump does.

“She’s rational, intelligent,” Cogburn said. “She has lots of experience, I think a level-headedness that’s really important for this office in particular, as compared to Trump. For me, who doesn’t feel competent or in the right mind, as far as I’m concerned.”

But, while New York is an overwhelmingly blue city, Trump is not without his supporters in the five boroughs.

David Massey, who was standing on Brooklyn’s 4th Avenue near the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues on Tuesday morning holding a pro-Trump sign, said he is voting for Trump because of the former president’s economic policies.

“I am voting for Trump because I made more money under him,” Massey said. “That’s what this election comes down to for me — who will load my pockets more.”

Meanwhile, some voters still remained undecided on who to vote for, even with just hours to go before the polls closed on Election Day.

Emilio Cabrera, as he was about to vote at Bronx Borough Hall on Tuesday morning, told the Bronx Times that he still was not sure if he would vote for Harris or Trump.

“I’m confused right now,” he told the paper about which candidate was better, noting that both have been “losing focus” as they attacked one another in the lead-up to the election.

With reporting from Barbara Russo-Lennon, Dean Moses, Robert Pozarycki, Emily Swanson, Sadie Brown, Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil, Kirstyn Brendlen, Jada Camille, Gabriele Holtermann & Lloyd Mitchell

A Bronx man accused of stabbing a subway conductor 11 times as he was trying to clear a 4 train last month was arraigned Monday on attempted murder charges.

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez identified Jonathan Davalos, 27, as the suspect behind the vicious stabbing of MTA conductor Myron Pollack, who was weeks away from retiring when he was attacked on the morning of Oct. 8 at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue station.

“This defendant is accused of viciously attacking and seriously injuring a hardworking train conductor who was simply doing his job,” said Gonzalez. “We will aggressively pursue full accountability for this violent assault. Keeping straphangers and transit workers safe is essential to the functioning of our city and a top priority for my office. We remain committed to ensuring that those who threaten the safety of our subways face the full consequences of their actions.”

Davalos was arraigned on Nov. 4 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Deepa Ambekar on a 13-count indictment, which alleges that he refused to exit the train at the last stop and got into a verbal argument with 59-year-old Pollack.

Prosecutors allege that Davalos pulled a knife from his pocket and lunged at Pollack, who attempted to run down the platform. Davalos allegedly caught up with Pollack after he tripped and fell on the platform, after which he reportedly straddled Pollack and began stabbing him about the body.

Nearby officers were alerted by a passerby and responded to the scene. Davolos allegedly dropped his weapon after officers drew their firearms. He was arrested at the scene, while Pollack was taken to Kings County Hospital in serious condition.

From his hospital bed, Pollack told CBS News that he had “never seen a knife that big outside of a kitchen. And he just started stabbing and stabbing.”

In light of the stabbing, the MTA launched an ad campaign highlighting the 50,000 MTA workers who keep their fellow New Yorkers moving in a bid to humanize the transit workforce and to dissuade any riders from carrying out further attacks, verbally or physically.

Davalos is being held without bail and is due to return to court on Jan. 10 where he faces the charges of second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, among other charges.