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| The number of black elected officials has increased steadily since the passage of ________. |
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| The Voting Rights of 1965 |
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| The number of black elected officials has increased steadily since the passage of the Voting Rights of 1965. Prior to that time, less than ____ had been elected to public office. |
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| _____, a Republican, was elect to teh U.S. Senate in 1966, becoming the first black to serve in the nation's Senate since Reconstruction. |
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| Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts |
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| Other than Edward W. Brooke, ______, who represented Illinois in teh SEnate from 1992-1998, has been teh only other black candidate to capture high-profile statewide office. |
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| U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke and Governor L. Douglas Wilder argued that without ______ black candidates are not in a position to get teh support of their party and, in turn unable to tap into that segment of the white electorate that is reluctant to vote for a black candidate. |
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| an appropriate apprenticeship |
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| U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke and Governor L. Douglas Wilder repeatedly stress that black candidates for such offices stand a much better chance of succeddng if they do what four things. |
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1 - serve an appropriate apprenticeship
2 - Garner major party support
3 - conduct race-neutral campaigns
4 - Establish good media relations |
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| According to Brooke and Wilder, serving an appropriate political apprenticeship means what? |
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| It means holding at least one elective office, preferably at the state level; establishing a record of extended service as a public official; and winning on's last election immediately prior to making a run for statewide office. |
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| Political scientists, Stickland and Whicker, have claimed that black candidates need to _______ in order to win statewide offices. |
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| First black elected to a statewide post in Georgia. |
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| When a black candidate runs for statewide office, he is faced with the difficult task of _______. |
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| he is faced with the difficult task of winning the white support without alienating the black electorate, and vice versa. |
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True or False.
A black candidate should never accuse a reporter of biased coverage against him. |
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| Brooke and Wilder noted that almost all of the blacks who have run for statewide office in the last 30 years have not ______ |
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| served an appropriate apprenticeship |
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| Establishing good personal relations with members of the media is important because black candidates are often creiticized for ______ |
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| "having poor media skills." |
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| A sensible time for a candidate to visit media representatives is _____. |
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| just prior to announcing his candidacy |
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| Edward W. Brooke and L. Douglas Wilder further warned that black candidates cannot risk being percieved as being _____ on crime. |
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soft
They need the crime fighting politician image |
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| Edward W. Brooke said, " I wanted to be perceived as a ________, not a ______. |
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| "I wanted to be perceived as a qualified candidate not a black candidate." |
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