Obama and the Italian-American vote

[paul718]

I would guess that most are Roosevelt or Kennedy-Democrats (like my grandmother and mother, respectively), but vote independently.  Almost everyone I know voted for McCain, but I think that has more to do with geography than ethnicity. Then, there's the old-timers and zips who don't vote because they feel the U.S. government can't do anything for them.

There were over 160,000 votes on Staten Island.

We voted for a Democratic congressman this year.  And an Irish guy at that!  We all know the circumstances though. 

[paul718]

My brother and I voted for Obama with great enthusiasm of course though.

You're a fake Italian anyway.

Morris Park disagrees.

I am technically half-Irish though. Shh.

I used to date a girl from Morris Park.  Definitely no fake Italians there. 

[paul718]

I used to date a girl from Morris Park.  Definitely no fake Italians there. 

Ever go to The Captain's? Best pizza ever, without a doubt.

Nope, but we hung out at Tosca's a couple of times.  Though that's techincally Throg's Neck, isn't it.

[paul718]

I live in a very heavily Italian area, I would say most Italians around here are generally moderate on social and economic issues (though the wealthier ones tend to be more conservative economically) and generally a bit conservative on law and order  type issues.  I would need to see the precinct numbers to know for sure, but I would say my precinct was very close (Gore won it in 2000, Bush in 04) but the overall area went to McCain.  I think Obama did a bit better than Kerry in 04, but trended towards McCain compared to the national average. 

Where in NY are you?

[paul718]

I'm an Italian.