Table 1: Percentage Roll-Off Among Black Voters by Racial Makeup of the City Council, Election Type, Black Incumbency Status, and Number of Black Candidates in New Orleans City Council District Election Contests, 1965-1998

 

 

 

% Black Voter Roll-Off:

 

 

 

Mean

Standard

Deviation

Range

N

Council:

 

 

 

 

  Majority-White

18.5

8.4

1.1-36.0

30

  Majority-Black

7.8

2.9

2.9-13.0

16

 

Election Type:

 

 

 

 

  Primary

17.0

8.4

2.9-36.0

35

  Runoff

7.8

5.0

1.1-19.8

11

 

Black Incumbency Status:

 

 

 

 

  No Black Incumbent

16.1

9.1

3.9-36.0

34

  Black Incumbent

11.1

6.1

1.1-20.0

12

 

Number of Black Candidates:

 

 

 

 

  0 Black Candidates

18.9

10.1

3.9-36.0

15

  1-4 Black Candidates

13.7

7.8

1.1-26.5

24

  5+ Black Candidates

9.8

3.3

5.2-15.8

7