Sunday, November 25, 2012  How Obama Won NYC  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