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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: Wide Appeal
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Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 15:59:57 EST
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Andy, Andy, every group that you detailed could be black except the
Hispanics.  Do all blacks have to fall into the poor, illiterate,
etc. class?  You are making assumptions from the data that are
just not there.  Go back over your article and ask yourself, could
a black be between these ages?  Could a black have attended college?
Could a black be any of the other categories you listed?  Of course
they could.  The list you gave does not prove the existence of a
rainbow coalition one way or the other.  As a matter of record,
over 90% of those who voted for Jackson were black, re; ABC, CBS,
and NBC local newscasts, your same N. Y. Times, the Daily News,
PBS, the Post, and others.

What Jackson did do in NY was solidify the black vote for the first
time in history.  This will be the deciding factor in next year's
Mayoral campaign.  Jackson and his backers raised the registration
rolls for blacks by nearly 200,000.  This is where the strength

will be in the future in New York.
T. C. Wheeler