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To: MinnesotaLibertarian

Yeah. Interesting that the working folks in Queens and S.I. tend to vote more republican (though still blue in national county-by-county maps), while the boroughs with the richest residents (Manhattan) and the poorest (Brooklyn and Da Bronx) go solidly blue.


8 posted on 10/02/2006 2:06:44 PM PDT by dashing doofus
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To: dashing doofus

Well, it's not all that interesting in a way...it's a pretty common. Though, to be fair, both parties try to portray the other as the party of rich elitists and themselves as the party of working people, and the truth is, party affiliation remarkably evenly split among all income groups.

Also, Staten Island also goes Republican in national elections too. Staten Island almost always goes GOP for President, and they are represented in the House (along with part of Brooklyn) by Rep. Vito Fossella, a conservative Republican.


10 posted on 10/02/2006 2:13:09 PM PDT by MinnesotaLibertarian
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To: dashing doofus

Isn't Straten island also a Republican voting area, it is a more working class area.


12 posted on 10/02/2006 2:59:01 PM PDT by GregH
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