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Many people estimate that the current Black population is much higher, though. And the continuous representation of Blacks on the council may be more the result of advantages City Councillor Saundra M. Graham enjoys as an incumbent than an indication of PR's effectiveness...
Dixon, of course, may have ulterior motives.The city's tiny minority of registered Republicanshas not had a representative on the council sinceCornelia B. Wheeler retired in 1969. And a returnto a ward-based system would almost inevitablystrengthen political parties...
However complicated the system may sound,experts say PR works--perhaps too well for its owngood. The basic problem with PR, they say, is thatit does exactly what it was supposed to do--electcandidates with minority support...
...may not have been the only reason, but it'scertainly one of them," says Zimmerman. "Butagain, that's what the system was designed to do,ensure minority representation...
...While theoretically you can elect minoritycandidates, they may not be able to play thegame," says Bigelow...