On a recent rainy Saturday in Park Slope, Leslie Hodgkins moved out of an apartment that had recently started to exceed his price range.

Needless to say, discussing his favorite New York City politician mid-move wasn’t exactly on the top of his priority list. Hodgkins admitted he didn’t bother voting in the recent city election. As it turns out, neither did many of his neighbors.

Many New Yorkers like Hodgkins are just not that into their local elected officials. The low voter turnout in this month’s election may not be a shock, but it comes as a surprise in the famously progressive, civic-minded neighborhood of Park Slope. Even more surprising still: the election results show as a neighborhood Park Slope voted for Bloomberg over Thompson.

Hillary, a Park Slope resident who only gave her first name, voted for Bloomberg in the election despite her resentment toward both candidates.

“I followed the ‘if it’s not broke, don’t fix it’ policy,'” she said. “Thompson didn’t stand out in any way, and I wouldn’t call Bloomberg’s past terms as mayor anything better than decent, but I voted for Bloomberg anyway.”

Jim McCabe, a newcomer to Park Slope, did not follow the same moral guidelines. Originally from New Jersey, McCabe said he is very aware of Park Slope’s liberal, activist character. It failed to rub off on him, however: McCabe didn’t vote.

“It’s very liberal around here,” McCabe said. “I didn’t care to invest too much time in the election though. I knew about both candidates, but just wouldn’t take the time to vote.”

At places like the Park Slope Food Co-op, and elsewhere in the neighborhood, residents who stopped to speak about the election expressed problems with Bloomberg’s transformation of zoning ordinances for high rises, revisions of term limits, and opulent building projects.

Hodgkins, no longer able to afford his Union Street brownstone apartment, said he feels driven out of his neighborhood. The mayor “seems to be chasing all the people who aren’t part of the upper class out of New York City,” he said.

Yet on Election Day, Hodgkins stayed away from the polls.

“I was traveling at the time of the election, and usually I get my absentee ballot so I can still vote, but this time I didn’t do that,” he said, adding that he would not have voted for Bloomberg.

His friend Mike Wilson, who was helping him move, didn’t vote in the election either. Wilson said he refuses to participate in a political system he does not support, adding that many people he knows feel the same way, either voting for Bloomberg or staying home altogether.

“The power needs to come back to the people,” Wilson said. “But by voting we are all agreeing to instill power into a system that we know is corrupt.”