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February 15, 2008

Map of the Day: Brooklyn's Democratic Donations

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Map from The Brooklyn Paper

The Brooklyn Paper has an interesting map showing how Brooklyn's donations to Clinton and Obama have changed over the past year. Gersh Kuntzman writes, "Just-released campaign finance filings that cover the second half of 2007 show that Obama made strong inroads into 'Hillary Country,' specifically turning Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, Bushwick, Canarsie and Greenpoint from Hillary red to Barack blue." In total for Brooklyn, Obama has raised almost $600,000, whereas Clinton raised $726,524.

And here's a NY Times map of how New York City Democrats voted on Super Tuesday:

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Map from the NY Times

Of course, not every donor voted on Tuesday and not every voter donated to a candidate, but the maps seem to match up.

Right now, some polls show Clinton leads in Ohio and Pennsylvania while others present a mixed picture in Texas.

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Comments (8)

There appears to be some conflicts with the two maps but the general idea is that the more well-to-do and black areas of Brooklyn support Obama and the working middle class areas are for Clinton. Not surprising as this is what we have been hearing all along.

 

that map is racist

 

whats up with red hook giving to hillary?

Other than that - You can learn a lot from this map. Forest Hills, Queensboro Hill and Brighton have what in common? - They're all overwhelmingly Jewish. What cause might those doners care about? Continued support for Israel. What has that support brought the US? Nothing but problems. What candidate may change that? Not Hillary Clinton.

 

don't matter, minorities don't vote anyway.

 

#2

Let's see:

Park Slope. Yuppies. Obama.
Sunset Park. Cantonese people. Clinton.
Coney Island. Obama? Clinton? Who? I'm going back to stabbing people.

 

coney island is not thuggish anymore. they all moved to east queens

 

I just want everyone here to know that I voted for Obama on Super Tuesday. That's right, I voted for the black guy! Can anyone tell me where I can get one of those Obama t-shirts a la Che Guevara?

 

why is greenpoint all obama and williamsburg not?

 
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