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A district in Harlem where no one pulled this lever?
Staff Reporter | Posted February 17, 2008 12:13 PMGiven all the discussion in the news media about race and politics, is it likely that the first African American presidential frontrunner in U.S. history would not draw a single vote in a predominantly black district in Harlem?
That's what happened in the New York Democratic Primary on Super Tuesday, according to the poll numbers reported to the media. The New York Times reports that Senator Barack Obama received not a single vote in the mostly black 94th election district in Harlem's 70th assembly district.
Of the roughly 128,000 people in the 70th district, which includes the 94th election district, 82,000 are black and only 12,000 are white, according to New York state data. If the racial voting patterns in other states were replicated in New York, one would expect Obama to do very well in a black election district. But that didn't seem to be the case on election night.
A review by the Times found 80 election districts among the city's 6,106 where the Illinois senator supposedly did not receive a single vote, even in areas where he polled when in nearby districts.
The discrepancy apparently arises from New York's outdated voting machines and from human error in reporting the results, through the police department, to the media on election night.
The problem works both ways. The Times also reports that New York's home state Senator Hillary Clinton did not appear to receive even one vote in some districts. The numbers were later corrected for both candidates when the official tallies came in.
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