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Black Vs White We Off That – Mayoral Edition
Kasim Reed received 36% of the vote.
Mary Norwood Received 46% of the vote.
The Mayoral race here in Atlanta, along with many others across the country, went down last night. And it was a close one. It was so close that there is a runoff scheduled for Dec 1st to decide on the winner.
This is a particularly different race on a couple of different levels. You have the race factor and there is also the gender factor. Now we can make it a racial or gender based thing but I think it all comes down to political views and whose is best for the city. On the outside it’s clear that Mary Norwood is a white female and Kasim Reed is a black male but why vote base on race or gender? Shouldn’t we vote based on who is best qualified for the position?
While Mary Norwood seems to have the respect and support of the older black community, Kasim Reed seems to have the youth on lock. So is it now a race about age? If that’s the case then history shows that young people rarely come out and vote on runoffs. If Norwood is elected mayor then she will be the first white mayor in 40 years. that’s a long time!
This will be interesting to watch because Kasim Reed seems to have some innovative ideas about the budget and safety that I haven’t heard from any of the other candidates and I’d like to see how he plans to put them into action. He seems to be an ‘outside of the box’ thinker and I like that.
We’ll see on Dec 1st who will be victorious. Will it be a new tradition in Atlanta or a radical thinker? It’s up to you Atlanta, make your choice.
Kasim Reed – kasimreed.com
Mary Norwood – marynorwoodformayor.com
