What hes done is reverse his base. He got 85 of the white vote when he was elected first time. Now, this time, hes likely to get a small percent of the white vote, but a large percent of the black vote.
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We don't know who the people are who are going to vote and we don't know where they are.Ed Renwick
A lot of whites thought there would not be another white mayor. And blacks thought there always would be a black mayor. Now they are starting to rethink their position.
Ed Renwick
Its so hard to predict because we dont even know who the voters are, where they are or who theyre going to vote for, so that kind of leaves a few holes to be filled in.
Ed Renwick
It certainly didn't look like there was any mass movement out of Houston to Lake Charles to vote.
Ed Renwick
By definition, any time an incumbent is forced into a runoff, it means he has lost support of a majority of the people.
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The black vote used to be heavily concentrated. Large numbers of blacks that were identifiable and reachable, in public housing. Much of that has been taken down, virtually none of it is being used.
Ed Renwick
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