[fieldmarshaldj]

"I can't find the statistic but I believe that Lou Lehrman received a bigger share of the Italian-American vote in the 1982 election than Mario Cuomo."

I checked the '84 Almanac of American Politics. Barone stated that Lehrman either carried or "nearly carried" the Italian-American vote in that contest. I think they could tell that their fellow Italian-American Cuomo didn't represent their values, and could best be described by that old Italian phrase, "a schmuck." ;-)

[Clemenza]

Well I know of one Italian American and one Polish American who voted for Lehrman in 1982. Their son would have loved to have pulled the lever for Lehrman, but he was only six.