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  • For the City's Democrats, a Grim Future Could Last Long Beyond Tuesday (NYC)

    11/06/2005 2:12:05 PM PST · by neverdem · 51 replies · 1,537+ views
    NY Times ^ | November 6, 2005 | PATRICK D. HEALY
    As Democrats pursue an uphill battle to recapture City Hall on Tuesday, this year's mayoral campaign has already exposed the long-term fracturing of Democratic power in the city, from splinters in the black and Hispanic vote to defections in liberal bastions like the West Side. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's popularity and his $66 million in campaign spending are two pressure points as the campaign winds into its final phase this weekend. Yet it is the permanent structural changes in New York politics - such as term limits, campaign finance reforms and evolving demographics - that are really shaking the once-dominant...