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1979
The City's Losing Clout
Gerald Benjamin and Gary King. 7/5/1979. “The City's Losing Clout.” New York Times, CXXVIII , 44,269 , Pp. A17. Publisher's VersionAbstract
New York City is a modern "rotten borough," not because of population decline, but because of its massive and continuing fall-off in voter participation.  New York City's political base is more apparent than real.
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