Sentences with phrase «black voters in the district»

The percentage of Black voters in the district declined from 32 percent to 25 percent under the new map.

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But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliably Democratic black voters than necessary to elect their preferred candidates, making neighboring districts whiter and more Republican.

And the at - large system in the East Ramapo Central School District denies them that opportunity because what we have there is heavily racially polarized voting in which the white community votes as a bloc, and black and Latino voters vote as a bloc and, because the white community outnumbers them they're able to win elections again and again and again,» Grossman says.

City Council Watch attended a debate in the 6th Council District on Columbus Avenue this week, where we observed about four dozen elderly black and Jewish voters munch on cookies and fruit, and murmur amongst themselves about the slate of candidates who would presume to fill the shoes of the beloved CM Gale Brewer, champion of the liberal middle - class.

Kahn directed the county to draw five majority - minority districts based on the black populations alone but nonetheless urged officials «not to ignore cross-racial voter coalitions in creating» the new lines.

While it's true the governor is not a sympathetic figure these days, kicking him when he's down might not sit well with black voters in the Albany part of Breslin's district.

Kennedy's trouble in the district may also come in part after the 2012 round of redistricting drew in more black voters (Grant herself is African - American).

«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.

In the last two elections, Rangel has also faced challenges from African - American candidates looking to tap into discontent among his core group of black supporters in Central Harlem and white voters moving into the districIn the last two elections, Rangel has also faced challenges from African - American candidates looking to tap into discontent among his core group of black supporters in Central Harlem and white voters moving into the districin Central Harlem and white voters moving into the district.

According to the National Institute for Latino Policy, 46 percent of eligible voters in the 13th Congressional District are Latino, 34 percent are black, 17 percent are white and 3 percent are Asian.

There's speculation that Rangel's no - longer - majority - black district in upper Manhattan will extend north, all the way to Mount Vernon, in order to regain enough African - American voters to make it more likely that Rangel will get re-elected, and to make it easier, theoretically, for an African - American to succeed him.

As the Democratic Party under President Lyndon Johnson began to support civil rights, the formerly Solid South, meaning solidly Democratic, became solidly Republican, except in districts with a large number of Black voters.

A Bronx Democratic source said it's not sitting well with his side that the lines of NY - 15 might be manipulated northward to maintain Rangel's so - called «black» district, making up for the steady increase of Hispanic voters in its current confines, while letting Manhattan retain control.

In an effort to appeal beyond the Dominican vote, Alcantra's campaign has been targeting women regardless of their ethnicity or geography in campaign mailers in the district, as well as black voters, according to a person familiar with the campaign's operationIn an effort to appeal beyond the Dominican vote, Alcantra's campaign has been targeting women regardless of their ethnicity or geography in campaign mailers in the district, as well as black voters, according to a person familiar with the campaign's operationin campaign mailers in the district, as well as black voters, according to a person familiar with the campaign's operationin the district, as well as black voters, according to a person familiar with the campaign's operations.

Turnout in the Dominican core of the 31st is likely to be matched by the mostly Jewish West Side and Riverdale portions of the district, with a smattering of black voters mixed in.

Democrats, along with several civil rights groups, attacked the now - adopted district lines as unfairly stacking the deck against Democrats in downstate communities and said they split apart a predominately black and Latino area on Long Island to dilute its mostly Democratic voters into several Republican districts.

That appraisal resonates in Georgia, where black voters turned out in large numbers several years ago to help pass a constitutional amendment confirming state authority to grant charters, but played a crucial role in the November defeat of the constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District.

Mayor Xavier L. Suarez of Miami joined other Hispanic citizens and black voters last month in suing the Dade County school district and local electoral officials to challenge at - large school - board elections.