[wtc911]

Newsday ran a town by town results page (read it at the diner, then put it back). Hempstead, Freeport, Long Beach, Westbury, Roosevelt; the most densely populated and most heavily minority towns, went Kerry as did the Gold Coast which is heavily secular Jewish. The South Shore and middle island went Bush.

In Suffolk the North Shore and the South Fork were solid Kerry as were the black towns. The rest was a mix. My town was 60% Bush.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Newsday ran a town by town results page (read it at the diner, then put it back). Hempstead, Freeport, Long Beach, Westbury, Roosevelt; the most densely populated and most heavily minority towns, went Kerry as did the Gold Coast which is heavily secular Jewish. The South Shore and middle island went Bush.

Very interesting breakdown, thanks! I figured that about Hempstead and the others you listed, although I'm kind of surprised by Westbury.

What do you mean by "South Shore"? Surely not the Five Towns -- even more secular Jewish than the North Shore.

I remember when the Garden City/Mineola area turned left: around the time Carolyn "My Husband Was Shot on the Train" McCarthy was first elected.