Posted on 03/22/2009 2:47:14 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Most of McCarthy's district is comprised of middle class (blue and white collar) Catholic folks, with large Jewish populations in the Five Towns and Cedarhurst.
There really aren't any "black districts" on the board per se, other than the one that covers Hempstead (which was covered by a white guy with a vowel when I was a child, despite its racial composition).
The biggest changes in Nassau have been the increase in the Asian population (on the North Shore, particularly around Lake Success) and Latinos around the district. Its really more a case of the white Catholics moving back to the center-left in both Nassau and Suffolk (to say nothing of the NY-area in general).
Nassau Republicans haven't been conservative since the Sprague days, both the pols and the residents.
BTW: Peter King isn’t much of a conservative either.
Adler’s district includes several heavily ‘Rat areas in South Jersey. McCain only won a handful of townships/cities/boroughs south of I-78 and west of the coastal counties. The Philly ‘rats have been pouring over the Whitman bridge for some time, which is why Gloucester and Burlington Counties haven’t gone GOP since 1988.
McCain got 47% of the vote in NJ-3 and the Republican nominee got 48%. Certainly that puts it on the target list. It ain’t no rat bastion.
“There really aren’t any “black districts” on the board per se, other than the one that covers Hempstead (which was covered by a white guy with a vowel when I was a child, despite its racial composition).”
There are 2 black guys on the board, I just assumed their districts were therefore black.
A black suburb of Chicago (Bellwood 88% black) has a White Mayor named Pasquale. I predict he will lose the upcoming election.
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