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New York

Elessar Zappa

(16,285 posts) Mon Jan 15, 2024, 08:28 PM Jan 2024

Why is Staten Island so Republican? [View all]

I don’t live in New York but I was reading up on the boroughs and noticed that Staten Island was the only one of the five where a majority voted for Trump. Why is this the case?

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Why is Staten Island so Republican? [View all] Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 OP

As a former Jersey Girl I can assure you that many mobsters have homes there. Hey, we all have to live somewhere.. SheilaAnn Jan 2024 #1

Lots of cops live there. Sanity Claws Jan 2024 #2

Its remoteness attracts people who want to get as far away from what makes NY NY, marybourg Jan 2024 #3

I have snowbird neighbors here in Florida that MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #4

Working class whites. Lucky Luciano Jan 2024 #5

It's mostly suburbs w lots of Wall Street workers IbogaProject Jan 2024 #6

Very few Wall Street types live in SI. Lucky Luciano Jan 2024 #7

And then there's my friend who grew up in Staten Island, moved to the Northeast about 9 years ago Rhiannon12866 Jan 2024 #8

Tony Bourdain went there with native David Johansen BigmanPigman Jan 2024 #9

I think Northernmost Staten Island has become more racially mixed in the last ?20+ yrs. Parts of Brooklyn .. electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #10