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Blacks hold only about 2 percent of all the elected offices in the United States. So key victories yesterday by Blacks in New York City, Seattle and possibly Virginia will prove a major boost in the numbers of important African-American officeholders nationwide.
Dinkins, who reaped 51 percent of the vote withmore than 90 percent of the precincts reporting,gathered about 30 percent of the white vote andabout 80 percent of the Hispanic vote, accordingto network exit polls.
And Pforzheimer University Professor SidneyVerba '53, an expert on American politicaldemocracy, agreed. "The elections send a veryimportant signal, I suppose, about the openness ofelectoral politics," he said.
Speaking about the difficulty of playing a Restic-coached team, Brown Coach John Rosenberg noted "the variety of formations that they present and the capacity to run the same plays from several different formations."
"I'd prefer to see a compromise which has more choice in it, but I am not optimistic about hearing a new one," Asay said.