Central Brooklyn Crowned Clinton, Brighton Beach Loved Trump and More Primary Insights

Donald Trump dominated in South Brooklyn and Hillary Clinton cleaned up in Crown Heights. Here’s a fascinating nabe-by-nabe breakdown of who Brooklynites supported in yesterday’s presidential primary.

Clinton won middle-Brooklyn from Brooklyn Heights through East New York

Roughly 60 percent of the borough’s Democrats backed Clinton, with the most supportive Brooklyn nabes being Rugby-Remsen Village and East Flatbush-Farragut — with more than 77 percent of the registered Dems in those areas voting for the former Secretary of State, according to the New York Times’ interactive voting map. But the former New York State Senator also saw victory in Park Slope, Crown Heights and Dumbo.

According to an analysis from WNYC, Clinton won voters in 98 percent of state election districts where the majority of residents are African American.

Bernie Sanders found the most support in north and south Brooklyn

Vermont Senator Sanders — who seemed to be gaining steam in Brooklyn after the Navy Yard debate and a 30,000-strong rally last weekend in Prospect Park — got only 40 percent of the Democratic vote and even lost his home ‘hood of Flatbush. However, Sanders dominated in Greenpoint with 64 percent of the Democratic vote and he was also popular in Dyker Heights, Bay Ridge and what the Times calls “Bushwick North.”

Donald Trump won almost everything below Park Slope

On the Republican side, Donald Trump won the majority of Brooklyn’s Republican vote — securing 64 percent of the party’s votes citywide — and did especially well in Brighton Beach and West Brighton where 84 and 83 percent of Republicans supported Trump, respectively.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz won support in a number of Brooklyn neighborhoods with higher Orthodox populations including Borough Park, Crown Heights and parts of Williamsburg.

Ohio Governor John Kasich won the Republican vote in a number of brownstone neighborhoods including Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene and parts of Park Slope.

Polling problems frustrated Brooklyn voters

Brooklyn’s polling day was not without its pitfalls. The Board of Elections acknowledged that roughly 126,000 Brooklyn Democrats were removed from the voter rolls in the last five months, according to WNYC. Gothamist reported that dropped Brooklyn voters were calling judges nonstop to be allowed to vote. One polling worker believes that voters on an entire Clinton Hill block were mysteriously removed.

[Sources: NYT | BK Paper | WNYC | Gothamist | DNA]

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