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Princess Turandot

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7. In the 2012 presidential election....

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:00 PM

Mar 2016

NYS gave President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden 63.35% of its vote, one of only six states where the ticket improved their performance over 2008, when they took 62.88% of the vote.

It was the the second largest Democratic vote share in the state in history.

In 1964, 68.56% of NYS's vote went to LBJ/HH, winning every county in the most dominating outcome in a presidential election in the state in history.

New York County aka Manhattan Island (primarily) has voted for the Democrat in every presidential election at least as far back as Kennedy-Nixon in 1960. (I believe that it actually goes back further than that, to before FDR, but did not have the time to go looking for the data.)

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Let's come up with some fun NY facts in advance of the primary. [View all] geek tragedy Mar 2016 OP

KnR nt Chichiri Mar 2016 #1

NY Facts Treant Mar 2016 #2

Bernie Sanders was slated to win it on April 18, due to heroic efforts. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #3

Widespread Treant Mar 2016 #4

This is funny! You just answered me that LBJ was President R B Garr Mar 2016 #5

K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #6

In the 2012 presidential election.... Princess Turandot Mar 2016 #7

how did Reagan win here, was it Long Island and Archie Bunker types? nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #10

Wealthy greed-heads, and upstate can be conservative. KittyWampus Mar 2016 #12

upstate, ya that's a thing, some areas are scary redneck nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #13

K&R! DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #8

Thank you, geek! Awesome! Cha Mar 2016 #9

Forgot one: geek tragedy Mar 2016 #11