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Editorial
October 27, 1945
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
Editorial discusses the final phase of a local election with 28 candidates vying for votes from 4,914 registrants, including 809 from Poinciana and 653 colored voters. Emphasizes need for active campaigning and debunks claims of secured colored support, noting split voting patterns.
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With the registration books closed, showing a total of 4,914 qualified voters, the 28 candidates may be said to have turned the three-quarters mile post and to be galloping down the home stretch.
Probably the term "galloping" does not apply to some of the candidates, possibly one-half of them, because only a dozen or so, individually and through supporters, are keeping their names before the public.
Indeed, a few of the candidates are not raising a ripple on the surface: they qualified, announced, and let it go at that.
But, you may be sure, it will be the hustlers who will win. To get pluralities among almost 5,000 voters, with their support distributed, in some cases thinly, among 28 candidates, is not an easy matter.
One can not sit idly by, so to speak, and expect the voters to pounce upon his name, so to speak again. Aside from members of families and close friends who will vote for this or that aspirant, a candidate to be among the winners must "get out" and work among the voters, convince them that it is to their advantage, that is, the city's advantage, to cast their ballots for him.
Nobody can forecast with certainty the outcome of the election. Among the qualified voters are a good many who have not participated in a local election and a good many who are voting for the first time. The registrants from Poinciana number 809, and 653 colored people have qualified.
We have heard it said that a certain candidate has the colored vote "tied up", but don't you believe that, nobody has the so-called colored vote "in the bag". The Citizen knows it to be a fact that the voting of the colored folks will be split to as great a degree as will be the vote among white folks, which demonstrates that the former are capable of thinking for themselves and resent the implication that anybody can "sew up their vote, as though it was something that can be fingered into shape for the colored voters and cast for them.
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With the registration books closed, showing a total of 4,914 qualified voters, the 28 candidates may be said to have turned the three-quarters mile post and to be galloping down the home stretch.
Probably the term "galloping" does not apply to some of the candidates, possibly one-half of them, because only a dozen or so, individually and through supporters, are keeping their names before the public.
Indeed, a few of the candidates are not raising a ripple on the surface: they qualified, announced, and let it go at that.
But, you may be sure, it will be the hustlers who will win. To get pluralities among almost 5,000 voters, with their support distributed, in some cases thinly, among 28 candidates, is not an easy matter.
One can not sit idly by, so to speak, and expect the voters to pounce upon his name, so to speak again. Aside from members of families and close friends who will vote for this or that aspirant, a candidate to be among the winners must "get out" and work among the voters, convince them that it is to their advantage, that is, the city's advantage, to cast their ballots for him.
Nobody can forecast with certainty the outcome of the election. Among the qualified voters are a good many who have not participated in a local election and a good many who are voting for the first time. The registrants from Poinciana number 809, and 653 colored people have qualified.
We have heard it said that a certain candidate has the colored vote "tied up", but don't you believe that, nobody has the so-called colored vote "in the bag". The Citizen knows it to be a fact that the voting of the colored folks will be split to as great a degree as will be the vote among white folks, which demonstrates that the former are capable of thinking for themselves and resent the implication that anybody can "sew up their vote, as though it was something that can be fingered into shape for the colored voters and cast for them.
Ife m so filled with hokum and bunkum that i meyyif keen dipy bgence te n 4
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Local Election
Candidates
Voter Registration
Colored Vote
Campaigning
Hustling
First Time Voters
What entities or persons were involved?
Candidates
Colored Voters
Poinciana Registrants
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Local Election Campaigning
Stance / Tone
Encouragement For Active Voter Outreach And Skepticism Of Vote Manipulation Claims
Key Figures
Candidates
Colored Voters
Poinciana Registrants
Key Arguments
Candidates Must Actively Campaign To Win Pluralities Among Nearly 5,000 Voters
Only Hustling Candidates Will Succeed, Not Those Who Remain Passive
No Candidate Has The Colored Vote Secured; It Will Split Like The White Vote
Many Voters Are First Time Participants, Making Outcomes Unpredictable