kwabbit
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« on: December 06, 2020, 03:26:44 AM » |
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I think one part of it is that part of Staten Island's identity is being the 'other borough' to a very Democratic city. So there is a culture of being Republican in Staten Island independent of ideology. SI is also home to a disproportionately large amount of NYPD officers and other emergency personnel, which are Republican groups.
On just general demographic characteristics, Italians are right leaning, and the high-income/low educational attainment combo is R leaning. A lot of emergency personnel fall into that category, they go hand in hand.
Also Trump has a strong cultural affinity with Staten Island. SI and the Jersey Shore counties are the places where Trump's whole shtick plays best culturally. Being brash is just part of the Guido culture.
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