Tuesday is the May primary election, and turnout has already been significantly higher than four years ago.Cincinnati s mayoral race is bringing out more people, and issue three, the affordable housing issue, is also a contributing factor.In 2017, there were 4,400 early votes. This time there were 7,500.“People are taking more of an interest in control, in their lives and voting is one way to do it. One could also think its because people are at home and are thinking about elections, but I hope its because people are taking our democracy seriously,” said Sally Krisel, deputy director of the Hamilton County Board of Elections. Cincinnati voters will pick two mayoral candidates and discard four. The candidates: Gavi Begtrup, a scientist, business owner and former policy advisor for U.S. representative Gabby Giffords.David Mann is an attorney and current council member. He was a former congressman and has served twice as mayor.Herman Najoli is an educator and author, a soccer