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Originally Posted by Docere
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It's even stranger in that NYC "Russians" are very frequently, Russian Jews, Belorussians or Ukranians, none of which have much love for Russia. You see very few Russian flags in "Russian" NYC neighborhoods. Putin would not get much support in Brighton Beach.
But I think former Soviets are like Cubans. The old folks all vote Republican because they're perceived as anti-Communist, while the younger folks aren't dissimilar from other educated urban whites. I don't know any under-40 former Soviets who vote Rep.
There is definitely some psuedo-macho thing going on in some cultures. See the quote of the Soviet emigree preferring a "real man" as President, whatever that means. And many analysts believe Communism was an aberration for Eastern Europe, and its true path is fascism, not democracy. There has never really been democracy in this part of the world.