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The Italian vote in the New York area seems more Republican than elsewhere (though Italian Americans everywhere swung towards Trump). They seem to be more practical law-and-order type conservatives though, rather than free market ideologues or hardcore social conservatives.

Maybe they're more conservative in New York because they're less assimilated?

Anothe reason for their conservative may be just related to their economic position (i.e. more affluent than their educational attainments suggest).