Word: importantally
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But yesterday's unseasonably warm weather may have been as important as any political questions in sending city residents to the polls. In 1987 and 1985, many city residents attributed the low turnout to Election Day rain.
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.
"The council has been told that Dean Jewettreally doesn't want us to make a decision soquickly," Daniel H. Tabak '92 said. "This iscertainly the most important thing the residentialcommittee will be doing this year, and I think weshould get it done right rather than get it donequickly.
"In some sense, perhaps, it does too good a job," says Edward B. Feinman, a spokesperson for the Today's Independents. "The need for diversity is important, but so is the need for common goals."
Says Zimmerman, "Proponents of PR argue thatunderstanding how the ballots are counted is notthat important. You don't have to worry about howyour watch works as long as it tells the time."