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http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uCrCqZQ_4g4J:www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9611/22/2schneider.pow/+&cd=27&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-b-1-dGarcetti lost the white vote. That's not a surprise, because that's where anger over the Simpson verdict was deepest. He carried African Americans. Not a surprise. Most blacks were not upset with the Simpson verdict.
But Garcetti did especially well with Hispanic voters. He's half Mexican-American, and he made sure Hispanic voters knew that. As we reported yesterday, 1996 was a terrific year for Hispanic turnout.
The Simpson case polarized blacks and whites, but it looks like Hispanic voters were the ones who saved Garcetti.
