What do an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, the Italian south shore of Staten Island, and the western tip of the Rockaways have in common?
They are all neighborhoods in New York City where Donald Trump won by astronomical margins in the presidential election.
Although the city (and Manhattan in particular) still overwhelmingly votes for the Democrats, Trump increased his share of the vote in the five boroughs more than almost anywhere else in the country.
Kamala Harris’s margin of victory dropped by 16 points compared to Joe Biden’s performance against Trump in 2020. In the Bronx, Trump increased his share of the vote from 16 per cent to 27 per cent. In Queens, where he was born, Trump went from 21 per cent to 38 per cent.
As Trump makes inroads in his hometown, what do the Trumpiest neighborhoods of the city tell us about his appeal?
Click through different districts to see where Trump received the most votes.
These islands of deep red on the election map each tell their own unique story.
A street in Midwood
The street has some 30 houses along one side of the road. On the other is a public library, a community garden, and at the far end an apartment building. Autumn leaves cover the ground and mothers with young children pass by every few minutes on a brisk Tuesday a week after the election.
There are no signs, no flags and no bumper stickers to betray its secret, but this block appears to be one of the Trumpiest in New York City. A whopping 98.1 per cent of voters here voted for the former president. One sole vote went to Harris.
Such uniform voting patterns are rare in the multicultural city, but this street lies in the heavily Haredi Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Midwood, in southern Brooklyn.
Most ultra-Orthodox voters wait for the endorsements of grand rebbes before casting their ballot, and rarely stray from that recommendation.
The result was not surprising for those in this community.
“I’m not shocked at all, not one bit,” said one resident of the street, a business owner who asked not to be identified.
When asked by The Independent why he voted for Trump, he replied: “My reason is very simple: the economy.”
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