10 Most Pizzazzy Facts Draft
Working File
January 1, 1982
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. 10 Most Pizzazzy Facts Draft, 1982. 48bbaf6e-e192-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a219dff5-50d5-48b8-b443-4a1a25e813f8/10-most-pizzazzy-facts-draft. Accessed November 23, 2025.
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I0 l'lost Pizzazzy Facts:
1. 82* of white voters on the average did not vote for black
candidates in primaries in a state in which most elections are
determined in the primary.
2. In general elections black dems lost 3 times as often as
whites.
3. A majority of whites never voted for a black candidate no
matter whether incumbent or w/o Democratic opposition (or no
opposition) or exceptionally gualified (e.9., Dr. Bertha Irlaxnell),
see 7.
4. In lvlecklenburgr, Durham & Wake House districts over 6 years
analyzed, not a single representative lived in the black community.
5. Virtually all black voters over 30 went to educationally
inferior segregated schools making them less able to participate
effectively in the political process.
6. As of L0/L982 there was still a substantial gap in voter
registration, e.9., 22* gap. llecklenburg, 23t gap. Wake, 2J-* gap
(gap = gap - t of VAP registered to tote by race).
7. E.9., Dr. Bertha I'Iaxwel1 - Ph.D Prof . at INCC - defendantsr
witness conceded she was qualified, she raised $20r000 for campaign, etc.
8. One of reasons disparity in poverty is so important is that
it costs more than 2x as much to run at-large - and because of black
segregation (social c residential) blacks must buy expensive media
to gain exposure in white community.
9. Racial appeals not thing of the past in 1983. Helms was
using same themes as was used 1898 e.9., white candidates depicted
as controlled by black political leaders.
10. When lawsuit filed 4/L70 members black. Even after lawsuit
less than 103 of legislature black. Not proportionate rep.