thanks for that.
i thought this was the key issue. that displaced poor black new orleanians were no longer writing in votes indicating they were accepting that they have been permanently relocated, accepted the fact and moved on. :In the 2006 election, many of those displaced by the hurricane voted absentee or drove into New Orleans to cast ballots. That vote from elsewhere appears to have been largely absent on Saturday, over two years after the storm.
but it seams they are also saying that local black voters didnt turn out to vote :
The apparently greater number of votes cast by whites — 29,700, compared with 22,900 black votes, according to an analysis by Mr. Rigamer — makes uncertain widely quoted estimates that blacks, despite a disproportionate population loss, are still substantially in the majority here.
and that the count in general on everyone that had returned appears inflated and that the majority of those numbers would be black.The low number called into question recent optimistic estimates that the city’s population had attained as much as two-thirds of its prestorm level, which was about 450,000.
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i thought this was the key issue. that displaced poor black new orleanians were no longer writing in votes indicating they were accepting that they have been permanently relocated, accepted the fact and moved on. :
but it seams they are also saying that local black voters didnt turn out to vote :
and that the count in general on everyone that had returned appears inflated and that the majority of those numbers would be black.
- bill 11-20-2007 5:19 pm