The black vote used to be heavily concentrated. Large numbers of blacks that were identifiable and reachable, in public housing. Much of that has been taken down, virtually none of it is being used.
If it's a close race between second and third place, that number of voters could be very important.
Number-one problem, Katrina was the worst disaster in the history of the United States. Number two, the lack of leadership by the president, FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency ), the governor and the mayor.