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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:40 PM Apr 2016

NY Times Interactive Map: How Every NY City Neighborhood Voted in Democratic Primary

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This was very interesting for me as a New Yorker to see -
Voters in my immediate few blocks in Queens went for Her 57.9 to 42.1 but we were an island in the middle of Bernie Country. For instance:A few blocks north: Bernie 52.3, Her 47.7;
maybe a half mile southeast: Bernie 59.3, Her 40.7.

I note that the area where Bernie had his last NYC rally in Long Island City went for Her too. Back in the day it was very working-class with numerous factories, like the one for Swingline Staplers, now made in Mexico. Now it's full of expensive new high rise apt bldgs. Here as elsewhere in NYC developers, to get a tax break, set aside a small number of "affordable" apartments. To get one of those, us peasants here have to enter a fucking lottery. Usually there are thousands of applicants for hundreds of affordable apartments.

You do have to type in an address to get a result for a particular section.
Put the cursor over a particular section and it shows the Assembly District/Election District breakdown.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/19/us/elections/new-york-city-democratic-primary-results.html#11/40.7100/-73.9800

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NY Times Interactive Map: How Every NY City Neighborhood Voted in Democratic Primary (Original Post) LiberalElite Apr 2016 OP

That's a keeper; thanks. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2016 #1

It was very surprising to me LiberalElite Apr 2016 #3

Not to me. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2016 #4

That's true. I lived on the UES for close LiberalElite Apr 2016 #5

Don't know enough about Staten Island but.... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2016 #6

Makes sense. Otherwise LiberalElite Apr 2016 #7

I'd love to see a map of the number of affidavit ballots, by neighborhood. n/t winter is coming Apr 2016 #2

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

1. That's a keeper; thanks.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:55 PM

Apr 2016

We can't wish away stupidity, but we can at least map it.
K and R

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

3. It was very surprising to me

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:25 PM

Apr 2016

to see what a difference a few blocks makes in NYC.

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

4. Not to me.

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:35 PM

Apr 2016

Back in the 80's, East 96th Street was literally a Berlin Wall. Everyone south of it was white and middle/upper-moddle class.

Everyone north of it was black and/or hispanic and economically "underprivileged" ( in the language of the era) . Politics and voting patterns followed suit.

It's still largely true, but various waves of new immigration combined w. gentrification of East Harlem has blurred the divide a little.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

5. That's true. I lived on the UES for close

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:37 PM

Apr 2016

to a quarter century. I forgot about that part of NYC history. The other thing that surprised me was how much of Staten Island went for Bernie. Maybe it's the new immigrants?

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

6. Don't know enough about Staten Island but....

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:34 PM

Apr 2016

... it struck me that the county-by-county distribution pretty much mirrored the results of the Teachout vs. Cuomo gubernatorial primary last year. ( I know your map is just NYC , but my guess is that the pattern holds true there also.)

In other words: the machine candidates lost all over the state in both DEM primaries except for NYC metro area, Buffalo metro area and one or two other heavily urban counties.

I'm pretty sure NY Times did the same breakdown for the Teachout-What'shisface primary.

Take-away: I'm not sure. Low-info voter areas go for machine candidates in NYS?

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

7. Makes sense. Otherwise

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:36 PM

Apr 2016

they'd have to do research and think - and form an independent opinion.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)

2. I'd love to see a map of the number of affidavit ballots, by neighborhood. n/t

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:20 PM

Apr 2016

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