traininthedistance
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« on: December 22, 2011, 06:30:46 PM » |
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« edited: December 23, 2011, 12:52:14 AM by traininthedistance »
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It depends where you are in the country. In the Deep South, voting is so racially polarized that you do probably need a black majority to elect a "candidate of choice" (though Sanford Bishop proves this is not quite a hard and fast rule); in urban areas the threshold is much lower. Charlie Rangel's district is practically majority-Hispanic (and probably will be after resdistricting) but he keeps getting elected.
And, of course, sometimes the "candidate of choice" ends up white anyway: Steve Cohen and Gene Green are the most notable examples.
In this case Russ Carnahan is a special case given his name and political history in Missouri; anyone else and this wouldn't be an issue.
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