Atlanta Mayor Vote Broke Largely Along Race Lines
ATLANTA (AP) Decades after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. urged that people not be judged by the color of their skin, voting in the recent mayoral race in his hometown broke largely along racial lines.
An analysis of election data by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows that while some voters crossed racial lines, the overwhelming majority didn't.
Mary Norwood, a white woman who got the most votes, drew more than 58 percent of her vote from three predominantly white city council districts. Kasim Reed, a black man who came in second, got 57 percent of his votes from five predominantly black city council districts.
That creates a difficult situation for the two in the run-up to the Dec. 1 runoff. Both want to shore up support but neither wants to openly appeal to their race.
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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com
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