Citizens for a Better Gretna v. City of Gretna, Louisiana

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• concluding that a candidate's race is most relevant when the election \offers voters the choice oF.Supp.orting a viable minority candidate\
• recognizing that exogenous elections become more relevant where the available data is sparse
• suggesting that exogenous elections alone cannot prove racially polarized voting, but can be considered as \additional evidence\
• \Gingles . . . suggests flexibility in the face of sparse data.\
• “Although exogenous elections alone could not prove racially polarized voting in Gretna aldermanic elections, the district court properly considered them as additional evidence of bloc voting — particularly in light of the sparsity of available data.”
• black candidate receiving less than a majority of the black vote

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