There are a lot of Orthodoz Jews in Brooklyn including large Chasidic populations.
No way they voted for Obama in 2008. And those who did will likely not again.
Notice when Dems flipped NY-26 it was declared a bell weather. The Tea Party was finished. The Reagan Tent in Upper New York had blown away, said James Carville.
Brooklyn flips to Republicans for the first time since 1923? NY-9 was tough turf for Democrats! /s