Queens

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Law, government, and politics

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Queens is a borough of New York City. The current borough president is Democrat Helen Marshall.

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New York City - Democrat - Helen Marshall

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Queens is considered a volatile swing county in New York politics. Although it is heavily Democratic, Republicans who do well in Queens usually win statewide or citywide, like former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, current Mayor Michael Bloomberg and current New York Governor George Pataki.

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Democratic - Republicans - Rudolph Giuliani - Michael Bloomberg - George Pataki

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Despite being largely liberal, Queens is the home of State Senator Serphin Maltese, a conservative Republican who represents a huge chunk of central and southern Queens

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Serphin Maltese - Conservative - Republican

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Hence, Queens residents voted for Michael Bloomberg for Mayor in 2001 by 210,432 votes to 163,528 to his Democratic opponent Mark Green.

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Michael Bloomberg - Mark Green

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In 2002, they voted against George Pataki for Governor with a slim 45.01% (155,599) to 46.50% (160,746) for its democratic opponent Carl McCall.

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George Pataki - Carl McCall

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Queens residents voted for Senator Kerry for President in 2004 by 71.7% (433,835) to 21.4% (165,954) for President Bush. However, apart from Staten Island, Queens is the last borough in heavily Democratic New York City in which a majority voted Republican in a presidential election : in 1972 when Queens went for Richard Nixon.

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Staten Island - 1972 - Richard Nixon

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Indeed, even if Queens votes now overwhemingly democratic in Presidential election, this trend is pretty new. Until the late 80s, although being clearly a democratic area, the borough was still a competitive one.

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