In the presidential election just past, it probably goes without saying that President Obama swept the vote here. In fact, "swept" is an understatement -- he got 81% of the vote, close to Soviet levels.
Romney got 18%. Ouch.
If Obama was running for mayor of NYC, he would have won the biggest landslide in city history.
So what were the demos of Obama's NYC win? This article tells the story.
Obama won every borough. He won every precinct in Manhattan except one. He did very well in Brooklyn, naturally, except in areas with high Orthodox Jewish populations. He did well in Queens but his margin in white neighborhoods was small and, perhaps not surprisingly, he did much better in black neighborhoods. In Staten Island, easily the most conservative borough, Obama won 50%-49%. And in the Bronx he got an an astonishing 91% of the vote.
Obama will never be on the ballot again but NYC can take pride that it sent him back to the White House for four more years.
Along with Ohio.
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