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bers during the program "Placfca Involvement tnthe News Media" at the William C. Sims Center, this past Thursday, Feb. 13.0ver 150 p#opla turned out Iptttie program, which also featured tarry WKaon, news anchor of WXII Channel 12, Carl Manatee, director ot Service Corps, and the AniMftfig *nd : Safe s -v; -T ?? * _ ? . x , ?ec >& X*%? Single Copy 78* Mail Subscription Rates (paystt* MHh or dm) in County 2 years $40.96 1 year 30 72 6 mos ~ 20.4S 3 mos 10.24 Out of County /State 2 years $45.95 1 year 35.72 6 mos 25 48 3 mos 15.24 ? Yet, please send me the Chronicle. Name Address City St. Zip. O 2 year* Mall to: Check endosed for ? 1 yaar Q 6 month* ? 3 month* Winston-SaJem Chronicle P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102 The Wlnmton*8*Jmn ChronJct* is published every Thursday by the Winston-SaJem Chronic* Co. Inc , 617 N. Liberty St. Mailing addreea: P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102 Phone: (919) 722-8624 FAX: (919)723-9173 Second class postage 051 paid at Winston-Salem, NC 27102 The Wlnston-Sslmn Chronic! e is a member of: ? Associated Press ? Audit Bureau of Circulation ? National Newspapers Publishers Association ? North Carolina Press Association ? North Carolina Black Publishers Association National Advertising Representative: Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. (212)869-5220 Democratic voters on the decline Continued from page A1 xm, are switching over. , Separating from ; the Democratic party? "People have, for the past thirty ?or forty years, been married to the Democratic party but we're starting to say, maybe that's not the answer," explains Thomas Stith, minority affairs director for the state Repub lican party. "We're finding ourselves in dismal situations, and finding that following blindly hasn't served our best interest You only have to walk through our neighborhoods to see we need a change in strategy." Black republicans are still a rarity in Forsyth County: of 29,654 blapk voters, 94 percent are Demo crat. Republicans can only claim three percent of registered black voters, and the remaining three per cent are unaffiliated. Clearly, the stereotype of the African-American democrat is hard to change. Stith says his Republican father ran for Congress as a Demo crat, and his mother registered ^ Democrat but voted Republican. Leon Kay. one of the county's ? fldP blftgk republicans! says ha rag isxered with the party during 71 Rprmhliran voter vp but doesn't trust either party. "One party can't call the other party guilty of anything, because they both do the same thing. In both parties you have good people, but they're outnumbered by the others," says Kay. Gary Jackson, chairman of the Forsyth County Democratic Party, laments a smart move the Republi cans made at their last executive meeting: they opened up their pri mary to unaffiliated voters. An unaffiliated voter can now vote in the Republican primary, but not in the Democratic primary. "We've lost our grass roots con tact," admits Jackson, who says that the local party will survey those who come to Democratic precinct meetings in March. "We're asking voters: what's the party doing right, what issues are important to you? Well also have a presidential straw poll." At two of the largest black precincts, Martin Luther King Recreation Center and Happy Hill Recreation Cente^, all hut ,1 3 7 ox the 3iQ1Q black voter* arc registered Democrats: yet neither has a Demo cratic party organization if* pisec. A steady decline Eleven years ago, 68 percent of all voters in Forsyth County were Democrats: today that number has dropped to 57 percent. In North Carolina, 71 percent of all voters were Democrat in 1980: today only 63 percent are Democrat. The local Republican party has grown from 26 percent to 31 per cent of all voters in the past eleven years. According to Charles Wallschleger, chairman of the local Republican party, 64 percent of newly registered voters in Forsyth County signed up as Republican, 27 percent unaffiliated, and Democrats got only nine percent. Kathie Coop er, Forsyth County elections super visor, says her office doesn't keep statistics that would back up Wallschleger's claim. However, the board of elections does show that last year the Democrats lost one percent of all voters, (from 58 per cent to 57 percent), and half of that ( 1,790 v oters) went the Republi can pfty. ? \ ;v ? V* Black voters Forsyth county has a higher percent of black voters than the state. Since 1980, local black voters have remained at 20 percent of all voters. In the state, the percent of black voters has increased from 16 to 18 percent of all voters, yet the percent of blacks in the state popu lation has remained at 22 percent. Most are still registering and voting Democratic. Dr. Charles Prysby, UNC-G political science professor, predicts the Democrats will not lose many African-Americans to the Republi can party. "They have not been suc cessful in appealing to blacks. 1 don't think there'll be a large increase." Nonetheless, the Republican party wants to be poised to catch the fallout from the Democratic party, says Charles Wallschleger. "The Democratic party takes the black vote for granted. The Republican party says, we can i even get it, so what's the point'.' But we welcome their participation." 1/2 Price Sale Special Group of Nike Stride Rite Osh Kosh Etotnics Toddler University 1/2 off No Exchanges ? No Refunds JUST t FOR f KIDS Stratford Oaks ? 722-6630 ? Hours: Mon.-Frl. 10-6; Sat. 10-5:30 n TRIAD .*1 i HOME & J| WM GARDEN SHOW '92 VilML presented by the Home Builders Association of Winston-Salem, Inc. Benton Convention Center W inston-Salem, North Carolina February 28, 29, March 1, 1992 ?s Friday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm ? Saturday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm ? Sunday, 1:00 pm -6:00 pm Co-Sponsored by: _ Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Garden Club Council, Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Forsyth County Center, and the Winston-Salem Journal Featuring: ? New Home Products and Unique Building Designs ? Landscaping and Horticulture Techniques ? Minimum Standard Flower Show of Horticulture and Design ? Daily Seminars Tickets Available at: Home Builders Association Garden Council Headquarters . 220 Charlois Blvd. Winston-Salem 100 Reynolda Village Winston-Salem m Call: 768-5942 Call: 722-5640 Prices: $3.00 in advance $4.00 at the door children 12 and under will be admitted free with a paid adult People Who Make Things Happen. Valerie Maynard, Sculptor ' For over 20 years, Valerie Maynard has used bold lines and sensu ous curves to communicate her style as a sculptor. So it's not surprising that the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences Committee turned to Maynard to create its prestigious CEBA Award statuette. Anheuser-Busch applauds the talent of Ms . Maynard and other contemporary Black artists. Through their creativity they preserve and per petuate the rich African- Amer ican culture. At Anheuser Busch, we support the alliance of free enterprise and free expression. It con tributes to a better quality of life. For everyone. CEBA designed in ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ? 1991 Anheuser-Busch Companies, Jnc.
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