Wallace Wins a Third of Black Vote in Capturing Spot in Primary Runoff (New York Times)

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Wallace Wins a Third of Black Vote in Capturing Spot in Primary Runoff (New York Times), 1982. 4fcdc3ad-db92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/27d021ef-a94b-4209-a0de-a7ef024b0fa8/wallace-wins-a-third-of-black-vote-in-capturing-spot-in-primary-runoff-new-york-times. Accessed May 21, 2025.

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Wallace Wins a Third of Black Vote
In Capturing Spot in Primary Runoff
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ITIOIiIT@MERY, Ala., S@. S -GorSe C. Wallace gaitr€d thi smrt

daDortoc{bird ol tb bbc'kYdcrs tn
nsda;l's prinary electsU accordirU
bvariarts a[a[fg today, but thls urac.
gsqtrGqlopgt-rdlt lelthin fadng aitplt :lecdo itr tbo DeosaEc
fulna6m ftr a lourti teru as Gover-
lorolAlsbsna..'|li8 oppocot in thc S€gt. 28 nmotl
llll bc Lia& Gorr. Gcortp D. B. McMil-
I[o" rrho naroily lm tie nrnner-up
lpot aqd trail€d Mr. Wattace siSDtlI-
&tly ln virtully cooptete rsturd.: Wi_t! lrSQ d |,l4l prudm Eefir-
F8, Mr. Waltae bad aul,7lro votts, 112.6
ptcat of tDmc uhlatcd. Mr. IrtcluiL
hs bld 285rS vcGo, or 8.5 pcrccot;
and Jc McCoqrodate, Speaker of ttc
Alabara Eore of Regmscotatirts, ru
c€lt/cd 2Orl3 rrotcs, G 25.1 pcrc€ot.

Tio other caslldttls spltt tne r+
rrrining ?,m v$ca. One of them tas
thacr Gw. Jamcs Folrcn, mt la
tdly-blind, rto nns inarcryB$emaF
ictaletecltm.

trllreFroldbRmf
Irlr- l[allacc, rrlo ls 60 years old adpnl!/2a tm|D tbe rai$-dom as a ru

srltot bulla lomds suflercd in his l9ll2
Pre ldodal canpaign, is lavomd to
,in tbc nmff. He wuild thco tace the
Bcpubucatr caDdidate, Mapr Emcy
Folnar ol ttottm€r]r, in tb Xor. 2
glacralc[Gcdc.

Bltr iD Atab8Ee poliscs Dothitrg
,GeBs qtain Gxccpt that ..lx} pcr,ccat
el tbc pcople rill vote tor Gcoge Waf.
la-ce m matter rrtat," accotdln! to Dr.
Natallo Danls, a poiiUcat sciefteNafars t 8yls, I pouucat scieaoe prD
tryor at Btrningbsn Soutbera Collcgcfio prcdfded nrcghy,s qrtcme al.

"Ee said, 'Brace lmrrself, Uecause] wur by lvlr. McCorquodale, rto ras
5mr'rc deliqg rith peqle tho Ao not ! slrDported by utilities, banfcis, Ug land
ooemte try yur stsndards-", the 3*-rhold€Garxl6mberintcrcets. .operaE by your siahdards.',, tbe 3&ihold€Ganddmberlntcrcsts. .

ycarold Ucutcaant Coveraor saU. I Thce nmied and specid intercstsycarold Ucutcaant Coveraor saU. I
have grerally Aposcd Mr. WallaceAllr[bt, I'Dbraced."

Alrcady-ther€-are rrttspers aburt Mr. I and ht- populist tcodeocfes, and it ttrcy
Mcttlllan's slight lisp and gpstures per-l ruc ln-thC_rumft, ttrcy are'orpccted tir
cdvrd as crrefuinstc. To corrter
,tall, hls coomerc-ials sbsts hls
Ann aad often their chil&tlL

go to Mr. Mcllillan. ln the gmal elec-
tloh, tlr€y arc cryected to sryport Mr.
Folmar, a cmservadvc millimaire rDo

On Tuesday Mr. Mc"Dlillan, rio badl wtolebeartedly supporfs k€std€ot
refircd the co&rscm€nt ol ihe srata,s I Reaean and hts mlicies.recehrcd tte codorscm€m ol the state,s I Reagur and his policies.

b.lact lcadcrs,_gd-aDout 6o perccot oil - But- Mr. McCorqnodale qlso dippcd
tbe uact rote. He <lid bettcr iir tle into t[e well ol niral Sfith Alatiri!8
cttics ol Birmlgham and Mmt8onefi. I r,acrs usntly to)'al to Mr. Wallace, and

- Bqt Mr. W-allace, rto raiscd I raclk I tbce ballots_ arc etpected to go bacl, to
battle cry of "scgitgado mtt Serr+l tDe fuocs Gderror, tyto "s6od trr tDe
tEU6 tomorruyl -Se3rcSedoa -1gr-l sch@eoulcdmr" inaattcmpttobloct
ggrt" ln hls qrst bauglral addpss in I th adnlsslon of blacts o tf,e uuver-
-151, ttctilYtd strEt- s,rDlDrt- frorl-l StyofetaUamainl$.
utcr. inrulalat€aendcal'iedseveral I _
cqrntica ttere blacts dminate rmerl

ffiHg*" _rrerd strms poud-l FloridaandA'rizonaVote
calldtrcinAlabama,-and-ih6fceUl rrrDAd..rdnc

-IilE. Davis 8ald Ect blechs did mt lncnruucaa Niumat-amdttc, stat"ql.r !{r. wattace as betng uaa tor lsdator tan na; ?ae- forted-iito anth€ln-Ne{th€rdoeducato.. :. .- 
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lgcr. tnnttqnr,*t mrtiEfifril,
_ -"Ye_catr llrc with elther wauace or I pndrdrrafn ilfn S€achcoriltv.
Y94llq1'saig- Pag -Eubbery, cscar" I- i ncnruricansnorfruflir'*ate

<lirccrmoltbe AlaDona FIrcad; lndrccrrtiilie pae Orm to 
-d'e

Eiadm" a&ling t[rr bdh had lseiior hrs ilecmcini &d-ift
-thcoselvrc-to be advutes of lsute scoate-niiaent 6 ortet-tohrcatlm." -- 

lnra atatnst Gov. Snrce Babbitt. S.n :

iltffi[ffi StH,YS I -Hpsmlgs* r]*r
I

GccgcG YallacetrEnqtoaTqortgnyeatcrdeyatllscaqalgnUlquarteB h Dtmtgmy, Als. BcDlodhtrlrrcUrilIbrlfcqanddaugltr8,lrc.lle?lllfrell@tcov.-Gor&ttrcfUhohanfrf ii&OoS"0rrt -xffis,ilffi*ffi,"'la#H'rffi,tt. I In thc Rcgrbllcnn omte$ itr Florlds
GredmorHng !Effi##*.ffi#ff"?

Wlttr all hrt five ol 1,350 prcdDcts rG
Dortng, S.nator llccocfni had l:B,m
rrotaxt, c EB pcrcent, to 20,950 \rdes, or
f6 perceut, lor Caloline Kllteeo, a o
scrvadmist.

Mr. Drm, a moderate bacted by
EBt perql rqulars, ru g6Jgg vuai,
orS6gceatolth toal, todsfeat Dcan

mty oppcat ras a dead man rvtme
aamestayrd on tbe ballot atrd rto lm
lapercGat olthe vute.

In the Arlzona prtrnarles, with all but
ssrrn pr€dncts repodng, Gorcrmr
BabDn bad l{0,,lla wt6 or 85 perc€nt.
Steve Jance[, rtto died last- Bonth,
dreY, 2{,(Xi rdes or ta perc€ot.

Mr. @rDet ron the Reprblican nomi-
sadcr rlth l(Bt(Z rriles, orGl perteot,
togl,ltl vot6, or 38 penceot, for Evan
Medram, a Glendate auto dealer.
- ln Florlda, Crcernor Graham easily

defeated tro rivals in the Democradc
fimary. WithS perc€ntottbcrote irl
he bad 7flt,681 votes, or 8{ perc€nt; Frld
Kuh, a E@estead busincasman, had

S,@0 notes, or l0 percent; and Bob
Kunst, a sellstyld spokesman for
Rfrida hmceruals, had 57,l3g votes,
o16pertent.

Represeotative Ba(alis dret 236,?10
vot6, or E0 p€rceot, to {6J95 votes or l{
peF€nt for Vernon Davlds, a larryer.

ln the Republican raoe lor the Senate
Domlna0on, Mr. Poole ltad laZ,GF
vutes, or tO penc€ot ; Mr. Bludrorth had
16,{&l rrctes, or 3l percent, and G€orge
Snyder, a Sarasota businesstnan aid
former lletylqrd State S€oate presi-
d€ot, had g),Z78votes, or? p€rceo:t.

fio pr€qfcted iresdafs qrtc@e Aa. unrcsolrrc<l -questi6 omtcr! o I tmo*ononiuamtitoteoomsiiio
ucB EED rlu taf,e tDe prtEery rd€s I in tm prinary, and Grcrmr Biuutttt

Sellers, a cmserrattrrc aid a ral state
dc\rGloDer, rto lm 79,01a vot6, or +l
perccottnctpcrlectty.

^ fu Ds€dicts a "very clce" nmoft
electim and a Wallace victory, Gt6
6agb bcr polb sbotT I|1r. Mi*filtan
lndiry Mr Wallace, {0 Derccot to .ll

bert Brulcrhad rarDcd him ola diny
campaign. Mr. Brcrrerlct tie lyr0p,ri.
mary o Mr. Walliace'8 caEBiE
lglt".j-]g!loc Hg:" a_code ibale

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THE NE]// YORK TIMES, THURSDAT SEPTEMBER 9, 1982 Bl5

Robbers Also Burglars, Police Learn
,r*o*r-* i-""-"-when the police Deparrment .de- | nigr',ui-p".c"ntage of uurglirsire rouclared an all-out war on robbery tast l*ii.iiavicevers, ,,rldril dll arr<]u[ \rar on rolrDery last I b€fs,andviceVefsa.,,year, it had no reason to "If]J!1!14e i a-c'c*Otng to inipector Trainor, themove wourd read to a sigaificant drop in i iouir-ir,ii- [f;"';r;;"fi';;, e",ii;liir;'Iburglaries - but that is what tr Egt, I p"iiiu., 

- 
nonviotent crook, white theatons with a changed view of who-the I ilbLi;;;^';'r;i;, ;;;;;t l,'illi,"+criminalsare. I i,,--. ",-.^,,, ^ -:^^^-^--^:- r,..rre trreory amons pori-.-1. 

11i{ rn- I"Y.H,'J$r};;.1fT:1,::r$"rt.t,,,i,t..,,spector James Trainor. commanding ihe ."ia. ,ir,'"y 
""nl;o;..,'y;'uio tr"yofficer of the cen*al Rob_t:.?_-Diyisron-, 

i "iri iirre it wh'erever tnli'ii,ia ,t. a mo"has been that criminats were usually ii;;r;;i;'iln iir*iiint'il;l#:speciarists, and that the kind cf n:eir I r," *rei un oro raay-.-iaiei, ne iis anawho turglarized houses woulcn't ano lempty'trouse and breaks in, and rater,couldn't pull a street robbery with a I tre iteats a stereo from a car. He,s nogun-" 
I speciatist.,,.t

. But after a year and a half of-charting i Specialists Now a Raritythedepartment's huge antirobbery pro l,_____l
sram.-and followini ,h"-i1-rlli-ij_". I Ir.pector Trainor said that the spe-gram, and followine the latest irimc | . 

rI'pccrur rlzrlnor salo tnat the spe-
itatisiics,lne p.i.!'nrre .e"i-seo'iil;i l::11j":^.q.v,.t^ 11" g9_. I -s-ophisti-;;ii;;:-, .,,-. 

lgrt"d job like an armored-cai rob-
I be.y," are still on the stre€ts, but that

"We know now that we are dealing I they are almost a rarity now.
with generalists, not-specialists,,, sail I alice-f. IrIcGillion,-deputy commis-
J.ames l. Sullivan, the chief of detec- lsioner for public information, said the
tives, who coordinates the police anti- ldepartment's antirobbery program

But since the antirobbery pnosram I E:fr:lti".ol,.lffr,TBi# .:H5li#ft
began in April 1981, the insdeitor"sald. I 8,ffi fingerprints and matched tirem to
"35 percent of the people we've ar- I 1_s!!P9!t 1,721 times, according to Miss

mbbery program. I would probably continue to be the most
effective weapon against burglars,RevisingAssumptlons leven though tne potic"e Oo trave a-new

The police, Inspector Trainor said, I burglary program - established at the
once assumed that burglars did not I end of last year.
commit the violent crime of robbery - | "Because there are usually v/itnesses
though robbers could indulge in an oc- | 

and victims and descriptioni connected
casional burglary, not considered a vio lwith a rolbery, it's easier to catch a
lent crime. if the police were cracking I robber than a burglar, " she said.
down on robbery with stepped up pa- | As partof the department's new bur_
trols and stake{uts. I glary program, bach precinct has

,,*ara-,:-.,^r-.^- _ L._:,r:__ltrained and assigned patiol officers to

lf,tr'#$#8tr,1}5d'ffffi:lH$:15lt$i*1i; j'i!t;1ht;g
l*if"?t ,tflffirty 

throush the use- 
".Igb^l*1"i,ponoJ'do ]6r]*,;.51.ff

rested for robbery liad burglary I McGillion. She said the program had re-
records, too." - 

| sulted in l,l2 arrests.
he said, "we suspect that as | .,es we build up fingerprint files on

the burglars and files on their patterns,
we expect to see more hits and more ar-
rests," she said. In the meantime, she
said, "the people - the victims - like
this program."

"They like police coming to the scene
of the burglary," she said. "and we
think these officers are passing out a lot
of helpful security adviie. "

But, she said, officials believe it is the
robbery pnograro - with its increased
patrols and arrests and cases that usu-
ally stand up better in court - that has
caused a reduction in the number of
burglaries

Inspector Trainor said that when the
department declared crar on mbbery in
April 1981, it increased unformed pa-
tmls in areas where therewas a high in-
cidence of robberies, targeted habitual
career criminals for special police and
prosecution attention and assigned de-
tectives to develop cases against ar-
rested robbers.

"That meant our uniformed patrols
in high<rime areas were helping deter
burglars as well as robbers--1nd it
meant that when we locked up a robber,
we .y.ere ofren lockng up a burglar,
too," he said.

In fact, Inspector Trainor said, in the
first six months of this year, there were
5,CiJ0 fewer robberies and 15,5@ fewer
burglaries compared with the same
period last year.

The department's latest crime statie
tics, released last month, indicated that
robberies had drop@ more than any
other major crime in the city - excepi
for burglaries.

Major<rime complaints in the city
declined by 5 percint in the first six
months of this year compared with the
same period last year, acconding to de.
partment figures. At the same tiire, the
qumber of burglary complaints
dropped 15 percent, while the number of
robbery complaints indicated the sec-
ond biggest decrease, down 9.2 percent.

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