Randall T. Hayes wrote about this possibility more than three months ago:
"This new system also greatly increases the chances that a black candidate could be elected from some district other than the majority-black Second. Five of Louisiana's six majority-white Congressional districts have large enough black populations that a black candidate could get a plurality if the white vote were sufficiently split among three or more (or, in some districts, two or more) other candidates. The significant black population statewide should also make the U.S. Senate races attractive to black candidates."
Posted on May 7 at 2:33 a.m.
Good analysis.
Randall T. Hayes wrote about this possibility more than three months ago:
"This new system also greatly increases the chances that a black candidate could be elected from some district other than the majority-black Second. Five of Louisiana's six majority-white Congressional districts have large enough black populations that a black candidate could get a plurality if the white vote were sufficiently split among three or more (or, in some districts, two or more) other candidates. The significant black population statewide should also make the U.S. Senate races attractive to black candidates."
SOURCE: http://www.latinwenches.com/2008/01/plur...
Hayes also suggested a solution to the problems posed by plurality voting: instant run-off voting.
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