re: #117 Guanxi88
In a majority-black, one-party town?
A town where the majority doesn’t vote?
From the DOJ letter:
The American Community Survey for 2005-2007 estimates the total population to be 22,649, of whom 14,967 (66.6%) are African-American. As of October 31, 2008, the city has 14,799 registered voters, of whom 9,556 (64.6%) are African-American.Although black persons comprise a majority of the city’s registered voters, in three of the past four general municipal elections, African Americans comprised a minority of the electorate on election day; in the fourth , they may have been a slight majority.