Democratic New York Primary results thread (polls close at 9pm ET)

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Polls have opened in downstate and Erie county. But polls don't open in most of upstate until noon.

What weird election rules.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Looks like i was correct when i said Sanders would win if it was an open primary.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Clinton narrowly beats Bernie in Williamsburg. This is to be expected since despite its reputation as the capitol of hipsterdom 10 years ago, it's now basically an off shoot of Manhattan.

Bernie does his best performance though, in Greenpoint, which has a reputation as the second most hipster neighborhood in Brooklyn. It's actually probably not as hipster-y as Bushwick but Bernie did better here because unlike Bushwick, there aren't many visible minorities. Most of the "natives" are Polish immigrants.

Bernie still won the hipster-y parts of Bushwick though, "East Williamsburg" and North Bushwick (although not South Bushwick which is basically Bed-Stuy and has more Black people).

He won Ridgewood, Queens, which is increasingly inhabited by hipsters priced out of Bushwick. He also won Middle Village, the neighborhood just north of Ridgewood which is a mix of hipsters and White ethnics.

In the parts of Queens right across from Manhattan, he won Astoria but lost Long Island City, both of which are pretty hipster-y.

That's all the hipster-y areas covered. But Bernie won some White trashy White ethnics as well. He won Rockaway Park which is all greasy Guidos. He won Brighton Beach which is mostly Russian. He won Bay Ridge which is mostly super rich White people who consider themselves middle class because the neighborhood looks like mid west suburb. He won Bensonhurst which is White ethnics and increasingly Asians.

Lastly, on Staten Island, he won the entire southern shore of the island as well as a centrally located neighborhood called Westerleigh. I actually have no idea about the demographic make up of these neighborhoods. Most New Yorkers when I ask them about neighborhoods in Staten Island say they just assumed it was all one big neighborhood.

Wonderful analysis of the hipster neighborhoods I'd love to read more of your analyses from other neighborhoods in the city.

So Bernie continues to do well in white hippie areas, but bombs everywhere else with minorities. why am I not surprised? Sounds like his revolution only involves these white people and college kiddies. That's not a coalition that's representative of the party or the country, FTM.

But you need that coalition to vote for your candidate so alienating them would be disastrous.