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Originally Posted by Docere
Some very abrupt shifts in political geography in NYC that you don't really see in other cities. Best example may be in Brooklyn where you go from 95% D Black neighborhoods to Ultra-Orthodox and Russian Jewish neighborhoods that are nearly as R.
Heavily Italian American Staten Island is around 75% R, remarkable for a metropolitan area. Some Italian enclaves like Dyker Heights, Howard Beach and Whitestone are quite conservative too. Perhaps the large amount descended from post-war Italian immigration (as opposed to Ellis Island-descended)neighborhoods has led to a strong sense of Italian identity and social conservatism. White ethnic neighorhoods in other NE and Midwestern cities don't seem as Republican.
Few major cities have areas of Republican strength that NYC does.
In the suburbs, you have some insular "New Yawkish" enclaves in Long Island. Nassau and Suffolk are quite Republican for major NE suburban counties.
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I'd guess that a big diverse southern city like Houston or Dallas would have similar dynamics. Also, the only broad Trump-y areas of NYC are south Brooklyn and Staten Island. You might also find a couple of pockets of Trump-y areas in Queens and the Bronx that still have pockets of second or third generation ethnic whites, but those places don't have enough people to push the political needle to the right much.