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Bronx votes for Mayor and President since 1950

Year	Republican & Conservative	Democratic & Liberal	Won the Bronx	Elected President	Year	Candidate carrying the Bronx	Elected Mayor
The Bronx County vote for President and for Mayor since 1950
President & Vice President of the United States					Mayor of the City of New York
2004	16.5% 56,701	82.8% 283,994	Kerry	GW Bush	2005	Fernando Ferrer, D	Mike Bloomberg, R/Lib-Indep'ce
2000	11.8% 36,245	86.3% 265,801	Gore	GW Bush	2001	Mark Green, D-Working Families	Michael Bloomberg, R-Independence
1996	10.5% 30,435	85.8% 248,276	Clinton	Clinton	1997	Ruth Messinger, D	Rudolph Giuliani, R-Liberal
1992	20.7% 63,310	73.7% 225,038	Clinton	Clinton	1993	David Dinkins, D	Rudolph Giuliani, R-Liberal
1988	25.5% 76,043	73.2% 218,245	Dukakis	GHW Bush	1989	David Dinkins, D	David Dinkins, D
1984	32.8% 109,308	66.9% 223,112	Mondale	Reagan	1985	Edward Koch, D-Indep.	Edward Koch, D-Independent
1980	30.7% 86,843	64.0% 181,090	Carter	Reagan	1981	Edward Koch, D-R	Edward Koch, D-R
1976	28.7% 96,842	70.8% 238,786	Carter	Carter	1977	Edward Koch, D	Edward Koch, D
1972	44.6% 196,756	55.2% 243,345	McGovern	Nixon	1973	Abraham Beame, D	Abraham Beame, D
1968	32.0% 142,314	62.4% 277,385	Humphrey	Nixon	1969	Mario Procaccino, D-Nonpartisan-Civil Svce Ind.	John V. Lindsay, Liberal
1964	25.2% 135,780	74.7% 403,014	Johnson	Johnson	1965	Abraham Beame, D-Civil Service Fusion	John Lindsay, R-Lib.-Ind. Citizens
1960	31.8% 182,393	67.9% 389,818	Kennedy	Kennedy	1961	Robert F. Wagner, Jr., D-Liberal-Brotherhood	Robert F. Wagner, Jr., D-Liberal-Brotherhood
1956	256,909	343,656	Stevenson	Eisenhower	1957	Robert F. Wagner, Jr., D-Liberal-Fusion	Robert F. Wagner, Jr., D-Liberal-Fusion
1952	241,898	309,482	Stevenson	Eisenhower	1953	Robert F. Wagner, Jr., D	Robert F. Wagner, Jr., D
					1950	Ferdinand Pecora, D-Liberal	Vincent Impellitteri, Experience

Bronx votes 2004-2008

year	office	Bronx winner	Bronx %	overall %
borough-wide votes
2004	President & V.P.	John Kerry-John Edwards, D-WF	81.8%	48.3%
2005	Mayor of New York	Fernando Ferrer, D	59.8%	39.0%
	Public Advocate	Betsy Gotbaum, D	93.8%	90.0%
	City Comptroller	William C. Thompson, Jr., D-WF	95.5%	92.6%
	Borough President	Adolfo Carrión, Jr., D	83.8%
2006	U.S. Senator	Hillary Clinton, D-WF-Independence	89.5%	67.0%
	Governor & Lt Gov.	Eliot Spitzer-David Paterson, D-WF-Indpce	88.8%	69.0%
	State Comptroller	Alan G. Hevesi, D-WF-Independence	84.5%	56.8%
	NY Attorney-General	Andrew M. Cuomo, D-Working Families	82.6%	58.3%
2007	Bronx Dist. Attorney	Robert T. Johnson, D-R-Conservative	99.97%
2008	Democratic Pres.	Hillary Clinton	61.2%	48.0%
2008	Republican Pres.	John McCain	54.4%	46.6%
individual legislative districts
2005	New York City Council
	Council District 8	Melissa Mark Viverito, D-WF	100.0%	100.0%
	Council District 11	G. Oliver Koppell, D	81.1%
	Council District 12	Larry B. Seabrook, D	87.2%
	Council District 13	James Vacca, D	64.4%
	Council District 14	María Baez, D	94.7%
	Council District 15	Joel Rivera, D (majority leader)	91.0%
	Council District 16	Helen D. Foster, D-R-Working Families	98.6%
	Council District 17	María Del Carmen Arroyo, D-Indep'ce	98.3%
	Council District 18	Annabel Palma, D-WF	89.1%
2006	U.S. House of Representatives
	Cong. District 7	Joseph Crowley, D-WF	84.9%	84.0%
	Cong. District 16	José E. Serrano, D-WF	95.3%
	Cong. District 17	Eliot L. Engel, D-WF	89.3%	76.4%
	New York State Senate
	Senate District 28	José E. Serrano, Jr., D-WF	100.0%	100.0%
	Senate District 31	Eric T. Schneiderman, D-WF	88.8%	92.3%
	Senate District 32	Rubén Diaz, D	92.5%
	Senate District 33	Efraín González, Jr., D	96.9%
	Senate District 34	Jeffrey D. Klein, D-WF	64.8%	61.2%
	Senate District 36	Ruth H. Thompson, D-WF	95.4%	95.4%
	New York State Assembly
	Assembly District 76	Peter M. Rivera, D-WF	91.8%
	Assembly District 77	Aurelia Green, D-WF	94.9%
	Assembly District 78	José Rivera, D	89.7%
	Assembly District 79	Michael A. Benjamin, D	95.1%
	Assembly District 80	Naomi Rivera, D	74.6%
	Assembly District 81	Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-WF	95.1%
	Assembly District 82	Michael R. Benedetto, D-WF	81.4%
	Assembly District 83	Carl E. Hastie, D-WF	94.1%
	Assembly District 84	Carmen E. Arroyo	92.7%
	Assembly District 85	Rubén Diaz Jr., D	94.8%
	Assembly District 86	Luís M. Diaz, D	94.6%

Parks (Jd's version)

Selected Parks and Open Space in the Bronx
name	ac- quired	acres	sq. miles	hect- ares	sq. km
Pelham Bay Park	1888	2,764	4.3	1,119	11.2
Van Cortlandt Park	1888	1,146	1.8	464	4.6
Bronx Park	1888	718	1.1	291	2.9
Ferry Point Park	1937	414	0.65	168	1.7
Woodlawn Cemetery	1863	400	0.6	162	1.6
Soundview Park	1937	196	0.31	79	0.8
Crotona Park	1888	128	0.2	52	0.5
Jerome Park Reservoir	1890	94	0.15	38	0.4
Macomb's Dam Park †	1899	28	0.04	12	0.12
Wave Hill	1962	21	0.03	8.5	0.08
St. James Park	1897	11	0.02	4.6	0.05
Henry Hudson Park	1909	9	0.01	4	0.04
Jerome Park	1895	4.4	0.01	1.8	0.02
↑ closed in 2007 to build a new park & New Yankee Stadium ^[1]
Main source: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Parks (new version)

Selected Parks and Open Space in the Bronx
ac- quired	name	acres	sq. miles	hect- ares	sq. km
1863	Woodlawn Cemetery	400	0.6	162	1.6
1888	Pelham Bay Park	2,764	4.3	1,119	11.2
	Van Cortlandt Park	1,146	1.8	464	4.6
	Bronx Park	718	1.1	291	2.9
	Crotona Park	128	0.2	52	0.5
1890	Jerome Park Reservoir	94	0.15	38	0.4
1897	St. James Park	11	0.02	4.6	0.05
1899	Macomb's Dam Park †	28	0.04	12	0.12
1909	Henry Hudson Park	9	0.01	4	0.04
1937	Ferry Point Park	414	0.65	168	1.7
1937	Soundview Park	196	0.31	79	0.8
1962	Wave Hill	21	0.03	8.5	0.08
Land Area of the Bronx		26,880	42.0	10,890	108.9
Water Area of the Bronx		9,856	15.4	3,990	39.9
Total Area of the Bronx		36,736	57.4	14,870	148.7
↑ closed in 2007 to build a new park & New Yankee Stadium ^[2]
Main source: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Overseas birthplaces

Bronx residents born overseas in the U.S. Censuses of 1930 and 2000
Total Population in 1930	1,265,258		Total Population in 2000	1,332,650
			All born abroad or overseas ^‡	524,410	39.4%
			Puerto Rico	126,649	9.5%
Foreign-born Whites	477,342	37.7%	All foreign-born	385,827	29.0%
White persons born in Russia	135,210	10.7%	Dominican Republic	124,032	9.3%
White persons born in Italy	67,732	5.4%	Jamaica	51,120	3.8%
White persons born in Poland	55,969	4.4%	Mexico	20,962	1.6%
White persons born in Germany	43,349	3.4%	Guyana	14,868	1.1%
White persons born in the Irish Free State ^†	34,538	2.7%	Ecuador	14,800	1.1%
Other foreign birthplaces of Whites	140,544	11.1%	Other foreign birthplaces	160,045	12.0%
† the 26 counties now within the Republic of Ireland			‡ beyond the 50 states & District of Columbia

^ Last Section Of Macombs Dam Park Closes To The Public For Redevelopment On-site construction begins on Garage A and the New Macombs Dam Park, Press Release, November 1, 2007, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation retrieved on July 19, 2008
^ Last Section Of Macombs Dam Park Closes To The Public For Redevelopment On-site construction begins on Garage A and the New Macombs Dam Park, Press Release, November 1, 2007, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation retrieved on July 19, 2008

[1] Last Section Of Macombs Dam Park Closes To The Public For Redevelopment On-site construction begins on Garage A and the New Macombs Dam Park, Press Release, November 1, 2007, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation retrieved on July 19, 2008

[2] Last Section Of Macombs Dam Park Closes To The Public For Redevelopment On-site construction begins on Garage A and the New Macombs Dam Park, Press Release, November 1, 2007, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation retrieved on July 19, 2008

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