Table 1

White Crossover Voting by Context and Election Unit Racial Makeup

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Office Year % Black % White Crossover

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White Dominant Context Dist. A ‘86 22.9 1.6

Dist. A ‘80 27.8 1.3

Dist. C ‘77 31.9 4.1

Dist. A ‘94 35.3 1.6

Mayor ‘77 41.9 5.8

Mayor(r) ‘77 42.8 19.9

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Mean (SD) = 5.7 (7.2)

Racially Competitive Context Mayor ‘82 45.2 22.5

Dist. C ‘86 46.0 5.7

Mayor(r) ‘82 46.4 14.4

Dist. C ‘90 47.9 9.2

Dist. C(r) ‘90 47.9 19.1

Dist. E ‘77 50.2 17.1

Dist. C ‘94 50.8 18.8

Dist. D(r) ‘81 50.9 17.1

Dist. D ‘81 51.0 11.1

Dist. E ‘82 51.1 6.6

Mayor ‘86 51.3 51.3

Dist. E(r) ‘82 51.6 3.4

Mayor ‘90 54.4 22.5

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Mean (SD) = 16.1 (12.3)

Black Dominant Context Dist. D ‘82 58.0 78.7

Dist. E ‘86 58.9 31.1

Dist. E(r) ‘86 59.1 8.0

Mayor ‘94 59.4 10.2

Mayor(r) ‘94 59.5 7.3

Dist. B ‘82 59.7 78.1

Mayor ‘98 63.2 37.5

Dist. B ‘94 66.4 95.6

Dist. B ‘90 67.9 91.0

Dist. E ‘94 77.9 44.4

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Mean (SD) = 48.2 (35.0)

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(r): Designates a runoff election.

% Black: The percentage of registered voters within an election unit who are black.