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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]

It's pretty idiotic, not to mention offensive, to assume DC residents only vote along racial lines. Also idiotic and offensive to imply that a white mayor wouldn't be a dumbass. [/quote]

Black voters, especially those from the lower end of the socioeconomic/educational spectrum will tend to vote for a black candidate when offered a choice between otherwise dissimilarly qualified candidates. This isn't exactly a mystery. It explains why Sharon Pratt Kelly was a mayor and Carol Schwartz wasn't, despite Schwartz being a much better choice. Black people vote for other black people, and that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

And now there's many fewer black people in DC, and less of a guaranteed vote for a black candidate.

There isn't anything "offensive" to this, unless you're speaking about the tendency of blacks to vote on racial lines. Because I'd agree with you then, that IS offensive [/quote]

No democrat has won the majority of the white vote in presidential elections in this country since 1964 . I wonder why ?[/quote]

I don't know, why don't you tell us.  There are democratic cities that are governed well.  If you don't like DC, move.[/quote]

DC may be a Democratic city, but it is not exactly a democratic city.  I'm not referring to Congress, but rather the fact that in local elections, there is no run-off provision.  California and other jurisdictions have added runoffs, because one party (in CA's recent history, the Democrats) are dominant.  The problem in DC is that there can be a multi-candidate Democratic primary race for council and someone can win with a very small plurality percentage of the vote.  That candidate is then as good as elected in the general election.  Then we have council members passing far-reaching legislation who were supported initially by perhaps 15% of voters in the all-important primary.  Expand the council size and put in runoff elections between the two top vote getters, regardless of which slate they ran in in the primary.

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