The Upper East and West Sides are divided by more than Central Park; they're split by their support for the two leading Democratic presidential candidates.
While the Upper East Side ranks among the top five neighborhoods in the country where Hillary Clinton most out-performs Bernie Sanders in fundraising, the Upper West Side numbers among the five neighborhoods showing the most preference fiscally for Sanders' candidacy, according to a study published this week by the non-partisan political tech firm Crowdpac.
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Heading into the South Carolina primary election Saturday, Clinton has a slight lead over Sanders in the opinion polls and a sizeable advantage in delegate count.
With months to go until the New York primaries, some New Yorkers are reaching into their pockets to shape the outcomes of earlier votes.
The Crowdpac report suggests that the average income of households donating their money to Clinton's campaign nationwide dwarfs that of households supporting Sanders.
Millennials, which polls say show an allegiance to Sanders nationwide, make up a slightly larger percentage of the population on the pro-Clinton Upper East Side than the pro-Sanders Upper West Side, according to 2009-2013 data from the American Community Survey, or 27.7 percent compared to 25.3 percent.
While Clinton has strong support from the Latino and black communities across the country, the pro-Sanders Upper West Side is home to a greater percentage of black and Latino residents than the pro-Clinton Upper East Side. While 3.3 percent of Upper East Side residents identify as black (not mixed race) and 7.7 percent identify as Hispanic or Latino, 9.5 percent of Upper West Siders identify as black and 15.1 as Latino.
