New York: "Score one for independent voters" - Utne

From the Stacks: June 9, 2006—By Staff, Utne.com June 2006 Issue
Though Republican and Democratic caterwauling seems to dominate the political discourse in the United States, an independent undercurrent is alive and well. This independent streak was on exhibit when Michael Bloomberg was re-elected mayor of New York City in 2005, Jacqueline Salit argues in an article for the New York-based Neo-Independent. Partisan politics, Salit says, led African-American voters to be disenchanted with the Democratic Party. The partisan haze prevented political wonks from predicting such a scenario, so when nearly half of black voters went to Bloomberg, whom Salit labels an independent Republican, many analysts were surprised. Score one for independent voters. -- Nick Rose