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"the Bronx is predominantly Black"

No, the Bronx is predominantly Hispanic. According to the 2000 Census, 48.4% of Bronx residents are of Hispanic origin, and given the trend I would wager that Hispanics are now at least 50% of Bronx residents. Blacks constituted 35.6% of Bronx residents in the 2000 Census, but since the Hispanic box on the Census form can be filled by people of any race, that 35.6% includes many black Hispanics. I did some quick math, and 29.9% of Bronx residents were white, but only 14.5% were non-Hispanic whites, so 15.4% of the Bronx population was composed of white Hispanics. 24.7% of the Bronx population marked "some other race," and let's assume that all of them were Hispanic (I'm sure most of them are Hispanic, since many Hispanics in the NYC area are racially mixed and don't feel comfortable with any of the race boxes). Subtracting 15.4% and 24.7% from the 48.4% Hispanic population gives us 8.3% of Bronx residents being black Hispanics. And subtracting that 8.3% from the 35.6% black population leaves only 27.3% of Bronx residents being non-Hispanic blacks.

I would wager that Bush's improvement in the Bronx came from Hispanic voters and from Jewish voters from the North Bronx.

Throggs Neck and City Island (East Bronx) have always been and remain GOP strongholds. Both communities remain largely white (German and Italian) and Catholic, although there has been an influx of Dominicans into the western portion of Throggs Neck over the past ten years.

Speaking of which, as someone who has lived among (and dated) Dominicans in NYC, I really wish the GOP would do more to reach out to the community. Dominicans own more small businesses than any other single group within the overall Hispanic community. Moreover, despite being largely of African ancestry, they don't have the same cultural/historical baggage that prevent blacks from voting Republican.

The GOP actually opened an office in upper Manhattan (Santo Domingo North) last year, but never had anyone staffing it. No wonder we keep getting our a-ses kicked in NYC.