History in the Making?
Barack Obama pulled off an even more wide-ranging victory in March’s Democratic primary than Carol Moseley-Braun did in the 1992 Democratic primary. Obama gained a greater share of votes from black wards in Chicago and every other major geographic area in Illinois than Moseley-Braun did. And, while black voters in Chicaog came to the polls at a higher rate in Moseley-Braun’s primary victory, black voter turnout exceeded that of whites in Obama’s win.
Sources: Board of Election Commissioners for
Sources: Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago; Illinois State Board of Elections; analyzed by The Chicago Reporter.
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Table of Contents
- Big Money, Few Results
- One Epidemic, Two Different Stories
- Struggling In The Suburbs
- A Cocktail For Disaster
- R U Nfected?
- Editor's Note: January/February 2009
- Market Demands Bilingual Counselors
- Fewer Illegal Abandonments
- King Streets As Diverse As Nation
- Welfare Numbers Down Despite Weak Economy
- Getting Motivated
- Parting Shot: January/February 2009
- Pioneering AIDS Fund In Jeopardy
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