We voted in Pataki and I was fortunate to work with his staff during his administration. They were polite and treated everyone with respect. Spitzer's staff were animals, like him, as were Paterson's.
My home town of the Bronx voted like 80% for Hitlery. A disgrace. But most of the folks I knew there bugged out when they saw the writing on the wall......as did my family 50 or so years ago when I was in HS.