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In reply to the discussion: NJ Gov: Dem now leads by bigger margin in NJ than Rs in VA [View all]LowerManhattanite
(2,389 posts)A thing that many non-tri-state area folk dont realize is that is that NJ is the major white flight capital that retrograde New Yorkers and much of the citys police department and fire department rank and file run away to to escape people of color and progressive policies. At one time, the concentration in NYC was mostly in the southern Brooklyn and Staten Island but its those have browned up, (Brooklyn a lot, S.I., just enough to notice) the bridge and tunneling city emergency workers have moved en masse across the river.
The other thing is that NJs Essex County which holds the most populous single city in New Jersey Newark, is one of a fairly small group of municipalities with an actual Liberal bent. So yes, while the numbers of Democrats are huge, they are concentrated n places like Newark, Irvington, East Orange and Trenton. Large swaths of the state look like and vote like honest to God flyover country.