Sentences with phrase «split black vote»
(Also in the running were former NYC Councilman / current Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky, who was the only white candidate in the race and drew fire by moving into the district to take advantage of the split black vote; former Sen. Carl Andrews, and Owens» son, Chris).
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The vote was almost evenly split among Protestants in non-mainline churches, which Barna says is a result skewed by the fact that more than 90 percent of blacks voted for Gore.
Many have suggested that Williams, who garnered nearly 11 percent of the vote, served to split black voters and ultimately hurt Wright's chances of toppling Espaillat.
Former Obama Administration advisor Clyde Williams, like Wright a Harlem resident, finished with more than 10 percent of the vote, worrying Wright supporters that Williams» presence in the race split the vote in the black community.
Wright, who is considering a candidacy for the Harlem congressional seat now held by Charles Rangel, threw his support to Heastie which was a major boost to The Bronx representative's chances because black and Latino legislators would not have to split votes between two black candidates.
Since then, he's signed an executive order to allow parolees to vote, pushed a study about marijuana legalization, announced initiatives to address the high maternity - mortality rate among black women and, after years of criticism, forced an end to a split among state Senate Democrats that kept Republicans in control of the chamber.
«To say that we will split the vote is to say only black people vote for black people.