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New Yorkís 3rd
- Eastern Nassau County
- Republicans, with pockets of Democratic support
- very wealthy district
- 92% white; 2% black; 3% Asian; 4% Hispanic
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New Yorkís 5th
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New Yorkís 8th
- West Side Manhattan; parts of southwest Brooklyn
- covers Wall Street and crosses the Brooklyn Bridge
- includes some of Brooklynís most impoverished areas
- Democratic
- many politically active communitiesógay, Jewish, minority, art,
and student
- Hasidic Jewish communities
- 74% white; 7% black; 6% Asian; 12% Hispanic
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New Yorkís 9th
- Parts of Brooklyn and Queens
- originally drawn to exclude Hispanics, but redrawn in 1997 to
incorporate more of Queens
- Democratic
- 76% white; 3% black; 9% Asian; 13% Hispanic
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New Yorkís 12th
- Lower East Side Manhattan; Brooklyn, Queens (parts)
- created to form a Hispanic majority district
- Democratic
- 26% white; 12% black; 14% Asian; 49% Hispanic
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New Yorkís 17th
- North Bronx, parts of Westchester
- middle-to-working-class district with suburbs
- Democratic
- drawn to take in large minority residential areas
- parts are heavily Jewish
- 29% white; 38% black; 3% Asian; 28% Hispanic
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New Yorkís 18th
- Parts of Westchester, Bronx and Queen Counties
- southeastern Westchester is very affluent; district snakes down to
include several Asian and Jewish communities
- leans Democratic, but not overwhelmingly
- 74% white; 7% black; 8% Asian; 10% Hispanic
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