Deep Blue New York City Blues

There wasn't any election terrorist attack despite all the hype. New York, the state that suffered the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States of America, voted strongly for John Kerry. New York President Reporting: 99.4%

• John F. Kerry, Dem 3,967,047 (57.8%)
• George W. Bush, Rep (i) 2,780,749 (40.5%)
• Ralph Nader, Inp 103,310 (1.5%)
• Michael Badnarik, Lib 12,830 (0.2%)
• Roger Calero, SWP 4,010 (0.1%)

New York City, the city that suffered he worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States of America, voted strongly for John Kerry. In both Manhattan and the Bronx, Mr. Bush received a meager 16.7 percent of the vote:

Some New Yorkers, like Meredith Hackett, a 25-year-old barmaid in Brooklyn, said they didn't even know any people who had voted for President Bush. (In both Manhattan and the Bronx, Mr. Bush received 16.7 percent of the vote.) Others spoke of a feeling of isolation from their fellow Americans, a sense that perhaps Middle America doesn't care as much about New York and its animating concerns as it seemed to in the weeks immediately after the attack on the World Trade Center. "Everybody seems to hate us these days," said Zito Joseph, a 63-year-old retired psychiatrist. "None of the people who are likely to be hit by a terrorist attack voted for Bush. But the heartland people seemed to be saying, 'We're not affected by it if there would be another terrorist attack.' " (link)

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