In most of the city, drama will not be on the ballot this Election Day; Democrats are favored to easily win most of the local races.

But many voters tell NY1 that they are energized anyway.

"I think it's important to send a strong signal to the White House," one voter said in Park Slope. 

While President Donald Trump is not on the ballot this year, his policies and personality are a motivating force for many New Yorkers to vote and volunteer.

"I guess I'd like to see democracy return, as opposed to the tyranny that's happening now in terms of singular leadership, dictatorship," said a voter we spoke to in Harlem.

"I haven't done phone banking literally since the Clinton Administration," said one Park Slope resident. "Yeah, I guess I'm one of those energized voters whose realized it's now or the ship is going to sink."

The only competitive local contest for Congress is one that could help determine control of the House. Republican Congressman Dan Donovan is trying to hang on to his seat, representing Staten Island and a portion of southern Brooklyn. 

On the Island's South Shore, there's support for Donovan and Trump, but not the tone in Washington. Some blame both sides for the problem. Others point at Democrats.

"Well, I think they're acting very bad towards the president, I really do," one Charleston voter told us. "They're not taking a step and looking at what he's doing for this country, and he's doing a lot of nice things for this country."

"Our Congress, our Senate, they have to learn how to work together," said another Charleston voter who plans to vote for Donovan. "They're not working together. It's them against each other, and we suffer."

A voter in the Brooklyn part of the district told us the way to change Washington is to replace Donovan with Democrat Max Rose. 

"I just hope we can get more of a balance in our country," said a Bay Ridge resident. "Because the way it's going now, we're in trouble."

But some residents are totally tuned out. One Staten Island woman said she doesn't like politics and won't vote.

"What about your future?" one voter was asked. "I'm not quite sure," she responded. "I'll leave it up to everybody else." 

But we found many voters who said this isn't the year to sit it out.

"They should turn out, that's all I can say," one woman said.