Civil Docket for Case No 95 - CV - 1265 (as of 1/16/98)

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February 6, 1998

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Attorney Notes Page 18, 1983. 799b615a-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/4e6c2335-8b41-434a-aaef-0ffca1a41abf/attorney-notes-page-18. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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3. A majority of white voters was

unwilling to vote for any black candidate.

There has been no black candidate who

garnered support from a majority of white

voters under any condition no matter

whether he was an incumbent, won the

democratic primary in a highly democratic

cou nty, or ytas runni ng unopposed. f t is

particularly devastating that no black

candidate can ever get votes from a

majority of white voters sincer BS was

discussed above, under the multiseat

election system, depending on the number

of candidates in relation to the number of

seats, it may well take votes from more

than 50t of voters to win.

when black Democrats lost do di.d white
Democrats. Here, white Democrats always
win, but black Democrats frequently lose
despite the success of their white
counterparts.

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