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White voters cross the aisle to elect white candidates.(Brief article)

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| September 01, 2006 | Chaddha, Anmol | COPYRIGHT 2006 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Maybe Chris Rock was right when he said that white Americans love saying they'd vote for a Black candidate, but wouldn't really do it. Yale University economist Ebonya Washington analyzed voting data from congressional and gubernatorial races between 1982 and 2000 to show that white ...

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